Woman arrested for attempting to sell her 9 year old daughter in Calabar

Woman arrested for attempting to sell her 9 year old daughter in Calabar

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Commandant in Cross River State, Haliru Usman Alhassan, has paraded one Patience Effiong-Udo, 26,

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Commandant in Cross River State, Haliru Usman Alhassan, has paraded one Patience Effiong-Udo, 26, for allegedly trying to sell her 9-year-old daughter at Bogobiri area in Calabar.
“Upon a tip-off by a good Nigerian on Aug. 18 2020, our men arrested one Ms Patience Effiong-Udo who went to Bogobiri in Calabar South LGA, allegedly looking for a buyer for one of her daughter’s names withheld, who is 9-year-old.

“Upon investigation, she confessed to the crime and alleged that the prophetess in her church told her that the said Mary Philips was a witch and that she should not stay in her church anymore. While she was asking a question on how to sell the child, the person decided to inform us and we swiftly swung into action and picked her.

“In line with inter-agency synergy, we shall be handing over Ms Effiong-Udo to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters for further investigation and prosecution,” he said.

Effiong-Udo said that, it was when she complained to the prophetess that she had no food to eat, that the prophetess encouraged her to sell her child that she is a witch. She mentioned the name of the prophetess to be “Hannah”, who is in charge of popular old generation church (names withheld) at Itu Okon area of Calabar Municipal LGA.

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