Woman sells her son’s baby for N350,000 in Imo State

According to Sun News, Mrs. Tina Iwuji, a 52 year old mother
from Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Imo State has been arrested by
the Imo state police command for allegedly selling the two
weeks old baby of her son's girlfriend.
Mrs Iwuji son, Emeka had impregnated his Lagos girlfriend,
Esther Godwin, a native of Ndoki, Delta State and then
decided to send her to his mother without telling his mum that
he owned the pregnancy and also instructed Esther not to open
up to his mother that he was the who got her pregnant.
Mrs Iwuji accepted Emeka's request and allowed Esther move
into her house in January 2014. Esther eventually gave birth,
and just two weeks later, Mrs Iwuji sold the baby for
N350,000 not knowing she was selling her own grand daughter
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Mrs Iwuji told Sun "It was my son Emeka Iwuji who brought
Esther as a friend not a wife from Lagos to my home in Mbaise,
Imo State. I asked Esther who was responsible for her
pregnancy and she said it was not my son. I asked her what was
her mission and whether her mother was aware that she came to
Mbaise but she said no. She came to the house on January 7,
2014" she said
Esther gave birth on April 11th to a baby girl at Hope Clinic and
Maternity, Mbaise and on hearing that she had given birth,
Emeka asked his mum to facilitate means of selling the baby
and the proceed given to Esther for her to use to further her
education.
Mrs Iwuji then began mounting pressure on Esther and not too
long a nurse, Eunice Eze, who is in the baby sale syndicate came
into the picture and she contacted another lady, Patricia Njoku
who then identified a willing buyer, Mrs Benardine Abara who
needed a girl to compliment her three sons.
Even with all the contacts made, Esther was still not game to
sell her child. Seeing that the young lady would not give-in, Mrs
Iwuji connived with her brother to take Esther somewhere
where her child was forcefully taken away from her and handed
to Eunice who then sold it to Mrs Abara for N350,000.
Distraught Esther then went to the Mbaise police station to
report the case and all the parties except Emeka have been
arrested. It was at the station that Mrs Iwuji got to know that
the baby she had been bargaining to sell all along was her own
grandchild.
A shocked Mrs Iwuji said" “It was when I was arrested with
the other people that Esther confessed that my son Emeka was
responsible for her pregnancy. I was shocked.”she said
Imo State Police Commissioner, Mr Abdulmajid says they would
all soon be charged to court.