Woman sells baby for ₦4m, gives mother ₦600,000

A 26-year-old woman, Rachael, has narrated how she sold her two-week-old baby for ₦600,000 due to her inability to cater for the child.

The baby, it was revealed, was sold for ₦4 million to a 42-year-old woman seeking to adopt a child, but the mother, it was learned, was only given ₦600,000.

Rachael, a resident of Asaba, Delta State, was paraded at the state Police Command alongside two other accomplices by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Bright Edafe.

She said she is a mother of one other male child and had to give away the two-week-old baby girl because she was finding it difficult to take care of both children. She also revealed that the father of the two-week-old baby denied paternity of the child, who she said she gave birth to on January 27, 2025.

“I gave the baby away because I am the only one taking care of the child,” Rachael said.

On how she coped while she was pregnant, she said: “I took care of myself, I struggled, I was going to people’s compounds to clean and do other chores.”

She said she was introduced to a woman whom she asked to help her, as she was not financially strong enough to cater for two children.

Rachael added: “The woman gave me ₦600,000 and said I should settle her, and I gave her ₦30,000.”

Meanwhile, the woman (identity undisclosed) said she sold the child for ₦3.5 million and admitted that she gave the mother ₦600,000. She said the mother of the child told her that she wanted to use the money to start a business.

The 42-year-old woman who had sought to adopt the child said she paid ₦4 million. According to her, she was assured that the documents for the adoption of the child were being processed.

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