Man who conspired with his wife to sell their children for 700,000k

The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Akwa Ibom State Command, allegedly arrested a man and his wife for attempting to sell their six and four-year-old daughters.
Elisha Effiong and his wife were apprehended in Uyo on November 15 after the agency received information that the couple was attempting to sell their daughters Abasifreke Edet and Rachael Edet for N700,000.

The couple stated in a statement on November 23 that the reason for their decision to sell their children was because of the hardship in the country, according to Umana Ukeme, the command’s public relations officer.

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“The suspect, Elisha Edet Effiong, ‘M,’ was apprehended with his two children, Abasifreke Edet, 6, and Rachel Edet, 4, while attempting to sell them for M700,000 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State,” according to the statement.

“Effiong, 40, was apprehended at FulCare Hospital on Ekpanya Street, where he informed the security guard of his plan to sell his two children in order to pay off his debt and meet other financial obligations.

“The security guard alerted the NSCDC, and Commandant Abidemi Majekodunmi immediately dispatched members of the corps’ anti-human trafficking unit, who swung into action and apprehended the suspect and his two daughters.”