A Couple arrested by the police Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, whose names were withheld for attempting to sell off their two-year-old son to the hospital to get money to travel to Canada.
The SP who is the command’s spokesman, Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin, made this information known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos state, Nigeria.
According to Hundeyin, the young couples are just 22 years old and 28 years old. They were caught on Tuesday on their way to sell off their child.
The division got the information by 2.45pm from the hospital who informed the Isolo Divisional Police Officers that a couple came to the Isolo General hospital to express their intention to sell their two years old child.
“Upon receipt of the information, operatives from the station moved swiftly to the hospital where they were about to sell their child.
“The baby’s age is two and he has been rescued. Upon interrogation, the couple confessed that they decided to sell the baby to enable the man to travel to Canada for a greener pasture.
“However, the investigation is ongoing,” he said.
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