Oluchukwu Nwosu, a woman, claims that the hardship in the nation forced her to sell her three-month-old grandchild.
The infant boy was reportedly sold by the mom, who is from Nnewi in Anambra State, for N50,000.
The woman was detained by ministry of women affairs employees over the weekend and brought before commissioner Ify Obinabo, where she confessed.
In a video obtained by DAILY POST, the mother sobbed bitterly as she claimed she had been pressured into selling the child since her daughter had a pattern of being pregnant and abandoning her with the kids.
“This is the third time my daughter Ijeoma has conceived out of wedlock. Due to our poor income we’ve had trouble feeding right from the time my daughter gave birth to the first baby.
“We had no other option than to take the kids to motherless babies home, especially when our daughter refused to tell us who was responsible for her pregnancy.
“I came across a buyer, one Tochukwu Asiegbu, who approached me, after bargaining, paid me the agreed sum,” she said.
The Commissioner stated in the video that the three-month-old baby had been rescued.
“The mother of the baby, Ijeoma Nwosu, approached us and claimed her mother, forcefully sold her baby soon after he was born and had refused to disclose his whereabouts.
“Following receipt of the allegation, I quickly swung into action to identify and apprehend the perpetrators.
“After barely one month of consistent intelligence surveillance by officials in my ministry, the offenders were caught.
“All those involved in the act had all been nabbed and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution,” the commissioner stated.