Shocking Case: Woman Sells 2-Month-Old Baby for N1.5m

A woman who allegedly sold her two-month-old child for N1.5 million has been taken into custody by Delta State Police Command agents.

Two people who are accused of purchasing the kid are also detained.

The police, meantime, verified that the infant had been saved.

According to Bright Edafe, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) who verified the incident, on December 15, 2025, at approximately 4:40 p.m., Rita Ughale, a woman from Kokori, Ethiopia East Local Government Area, reported to the Ekpan Police division that her two-month-old infant had been taken from her during a robbery while she was traveling in a tricycle.

According to Edafe, a Superintendent of Police (SP), the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the Ekpan Division, CSP Labe Joseph, promptly mobilized personnel and organized a quick search and rescue operation in response to the information.

Inconsistencies and suspicious behavior in the complainant’s story during the investigation led to more questioning. The complainant then admitted that the report was manufactured. She disclosed that she had sold her two-month-old child for N1,500,000 to Osas Omijie, a 39-year-old man, and Judith Omijie, a 30-year-old woman. After the suspects were taken into custody, the baby was successfully saved and is now safe. While the investigation is ongoing, all suspects are in custody, and efforts are being made to apprehend more collaborators for prosecution.

In another development, the PPRO reported that on December 14, 2025, at approximately 7.30 a.m., members of the Ughelli surveillance team’s Eagle Net Special Squad executed a search warrant at the home and grounds of a 67-year-old woman named Lydia Osanebi of 14th Street, Otor-Edor, Ughelli, Delta state, based on reliable intelligence.

In addition to empty and freshly printed seals and packaging materials from several brands of dry gin, he added that during the search, operatives found significant amounts of hazardous compounds suspected to include formalin, methanol, and cochineal (carminic acid).

Super glue, stickers, shot glasses, and more than 60 liters of suspected counterfeit and adulterated dry gin were also found. After being taken into custody, the defendant readily admitted to making and repackaging tainted dry gin for more than 20 years using recycled original bottles. According to preliminary research, one of the discovered compounds, methanol, is extremely poisonous and has the potential to cause serious health issues, such as organ failure, permanent blindness, coma, and death. To ascertain the extent of dissemination and identify more individuals involved, an investigation is still underway.

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In a different operation, on December 18, 2025, at around 8.05 a.m., members of the CP-Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), under the command of ASP Julius Robinson, stormed a home in the Gana neighborhood of Sapele based on reliable intelligence.

According to Edafe, a 44-year-old man named Felix Africa was arrested as a result of the operation.

According to him, eight bags of weeds thought to be Indian hemp were found during a search of the property.

“The suspect acknowledged that he was the owner of the exhibits and that he had bought and sold Indian hemp and other illegal narcotics. There is a current investigation.