The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a grandfather identified as Monday Chukwuma for selling his day-old grandchild for N700,000 Naira.

Mr Monday took the baby from his daughter after she had delivered the child, under the pretense of handing the child over to someone who would look after her.

The buyer identified as Favour Chukwuka, claimed another suspected couple gave her the job to look for a baby because of their childlessness, pocketed N50,000 and handed over N650,000 to him (Monday).

Confessing to the crime, the grandfather claimed he sold the baby because he could not afford to take care of his teenage daughter and the baby.

In a statement signed by the State Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, Monday was arrested at his hideout in the Ibafo area of Ogun State following credible intelligence.

Osifeso said: “On July 10, 2023, an actionable intelligence report was received by a team of Police operatives attached to the Command Monitoring, Oyo State, about the ‘harvesting of a day-old baby girl’ from her teenage mother, identified as Sarah Chukwuka, in Oyo town and the sale of the girl-child to a criminal cartel that operates a baby factory in Abia State.

“The suspect further explained in detail how he moved the day-old baby to Abia State, where he sold her to the owner of a baby factory located at Obehi, Okwa West, in Abia State for N700,000.

“Investigation was extended to Abia State, and in the process of a coordinated raid on the baby factory, a female suspect identified as Popoola Bunmi and four other accomplices, whose names are Chinwedu Peter, Chidinma Blessing, Chuckwu Christopher, and Favour Chukwu, were all apprehended in connection with the criminal activity.”