A commercial sex worker in Bayelsa
State, weekend, gave birth to a baby girl and sold the child for N20,000 at the
Ovom suburb of Yenagoa.
According to a Police source, the
child, a day old, was sold to a family in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
It was learnt that the commercial
sex worker operates around the popular red light zone of Ovom along the D.S.P.
Alamieyeseigha area, in the state capital.
Spokesman of the Bayelsa State
Police Command, Mr. Alex Akhigbe, when contacted, confirmed the incident,
saying investigation into the incident traced the family involved in the unholy
sale to Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Akhigbe said: “Though the details of
the investigation are sketchy, the special unit of the police is on its way to
effect the recovery of the baby and arrest the family that bought the child.”
Resident decry robbery attacks
Meantime, residents of the state
capital have raised alarm over the rising wave of robberies and burglaries by a
criminal gang which uses a sleep inducing substance suspected to be Ketamine.
The criminal gang, it was learnt,
before robbing their target blows the powdery substance into the homes to make
them sleep off.
A staff of the Niger Delta
University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, was a victim of the syndicate,
weekend, as he was robbed of his valuables, including laptops, mobile phones
and jewellery.
He said: “We noticed there was a
residue of white powdered substance by the window. The window burglary proof
was cut and the footprint of the hoodlums were noticed on the leather sofa by
the window.”
According to a medical source, the
powder must have been blown into the house to make the victim fall into a deep
sleep.
The Police Public Relations Officer,
Alex Akhigbe, said though the report of such development had not been made
known by victims, the command will investigate and ensure that the criminals
are brought to book.
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