The
police in Imo State are now investigating how a 27 year old
housewife, Mrs Njideka Okorie eloped with six months pregnancy
and went into hiding where she was later delivered of a baby girl
which she sold to one Agatha Okoronkwo at Isieka Ihiala in Anambra
State for N100,000.
Saturday
Sun gathered that Njideka has been married to Samuel Okorie ,
for over 10 years. The marriage was already blessed with four
children while they were expecting the fifth child, the wife eloped
with six months pregnancy from their home in Orlu, Imo State.
The
housewife also fled her matrimonial home with the other four children in
March and returned four months after, precisely on July 5,
2013, with the four kids, but without the pregnancy of their
fifth child.
It
was learnt that the inability of Njideka to explain what happened to
their baby led the husband to lodge a complaint against her at the
Orlu police station.
While
confirming the development, the Imo State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Mohammed Katsina told Saturday Sun that ,” I have
to send my ‘Police Ambush Squad’ to arrest Njideka Okorie and she
confessed that she delivered the baby on June 27, 2013 but that she
sold it for N100,000 to one Agatha
Okoronkwo
. She said the child is a female and was sold when she was three
weeks old.”The police boss stated that the police detectives
travelled to Isieka Ihiala in
Anambra
State to arrest the suspect, Agatha Okoronkwo , a civil servant who
allegedly bought the three-week old child.
The
complainant, Samuel Okorie told Saturday Sun that,” I was
shocked that before I came to the house, my wife has
eloped with my four children and my six months old pregnancy
she has for me.” He added that “suddenly, she appeared
again after two months . She came with my four
children . But I didn’t see the pregnancy again
and there was no baby. I was not happy and reported the case to
Orlu police station.”
Okorie
explained that, “ It was when my wife was
arrested by the police that she confessed to have sold a-three
week old baby for N100,000 to a woman in Ihiala in Anambra State.
Thank God that the police recovered the baby.”
“I
didn’t quarrel or have any misunderstanding with her. We were
living together in peace. I was surprised that my wife left the
house suddenly “, he added. In her confessions on why she sold her
baby, Njideka said “ It was the work of the
devil. I have never had any misunderstanding with my husband .
I just left suddenly and I went to deliver the baby and
later sold it for N100,000. I delivered the baby and sold it
after three weeks.
“I
came back to my husband’s house and with his four children and he
asked me about the pregnancy but I didn’t say anything. He
later went to report the matter to the police and I was arrested. It
was then that I confessed that I sold the child for N100,000. The
police followed me to my father’s house and they recovered
N78,000 out of the N100,000 I received from the sale of the child.”
In
her own explanation, Agatha Okoronkwo stated that “ It was when she
(Njideka) contacted me and I needed a child. I work
at the Red Cross Organization. I bought the child for N100,000.
I needed a baby and bought the three-week old baby from
her in Owerri..”
The
state police commissioner said his command had recovered the
baby and handed her over to a rehabilitation home.
He said the suspects will soon be charged to court after
thorough investigation.
Culled from sunnewsonline
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