A 26-year-old Kenneth Ofoke who is a bricklayer, has been arrested in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly selling his six-week-old twin babies for half a million naira.
The suspect, who hails from Ebonyi State, was said to have sold the infants to an undisclosed person in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Ofoke was among the many suspects paraded by the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed DanMallam, for alleged involvement in various crimes.
According to an investigation carried out by the police, it was discovered that the suspect had sold four babies before he was arrested, adding that he sold the twin babies for N500,000, and the other two for N30,000 and N50,000 respectively.
Ofoke claimed that the twins were his children, adding that the incident happened in August 2018. According to him, he sold the twins due to financial constraints and the ill health of the children and their mother.
The suspect added that he was ill adviced by his aunt who took pity of him because of he was financially handicapped. This aunt advised him and the mother of the babies to take the children to where they would be well taken care of.
