Police in Calabar, Cross River State, have arrested a 30-year-old man, Essien Inyang, for attempting to sell his two children.
An eyewitness, Clement Edet, who informed the police, said the suspect took his two children, a boy and a girl to Murray Street to look for a rich buyer. He said Inyang asked for a particular rich man living in that street to sell the children to him.
Edet said they were surprised by what the man said and to stop him from taking the children elsewhere to sell they had to delay him while making efforts to contact the police at Atakpa Police Station. The police came immediately and whisked him away.
According to the source, “he said he was looking for someone to buy his two children, that the male child is N200,000 and the female child 150,000.”
The Divisional Police Officer, Atapka police station, confirmed the arrest. He said the matter has been transferred to the State Criminal Division at the police command headquarters for further investigations.
