A man identified as Gabriel Okon Ekpiri, has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command for selling his nine-year-old son for the sum of N400,000.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Uyo, said the suspect, a native of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong community in Itu Local Government Area of the state, was arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad of the Command.
According to Macdon, the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to the crime while blaming the act on the devil and economic hardship being experienced in the country.
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The statement partly reads, “The Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State, Olatoye Durusinmi, has condemned the action of one Gabriel Okon Ekpiri of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong in Itu Local Government Area, who sold his nine year old son for N400,000.
“The CP noted that the act was barbaric and totally unacceptable, and the suspect who was arrested by the quick Intervention Squad of the Command has confessed to the crime while blaming the devil and economic hardship for his actions.”
