LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – One Gabriel Okon Ekpiri has confessed to selling his nine-year-old son for the sum of N400,000 because of hard times.
The culprit, a native of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong community in Itu Local Government Area of the State was apprehended by the Akwa Ibom Police Command.
Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this in a statement on in Uyo, the state capital, said the suspect was arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad of the Command.
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The statement read in part, “The Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State, Olatoye Durusinmi, has condemned the action of one Gabriel Okon Ekpiri of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong in Itu Local Government Area, who sold his nine year old son for N400,000.
“The CP noted that the act was barbaric and totally unacceptable, and the suspect who was arrested by the quick Intervention Squad of the Command has confessed to the crime while blaming the devil and economic hardship for his actions.”
