Crime
How I stole two-year old, sold her for N300,000, suspect confesses
A woman, Patience Godswill has pleaded guilty to stealing a two-year old child which she subsequently sold for N300,000 while appearing before an Ondo High Court in Akure.
Patience and two other women, Martha Ogboji and Nnomah Annaibe, were arraigned for stealing Blessing in Ondo State and selling her in Abia State for N300,000.
She pleaded guilty to the two counts of conspiracy and child stealing preferred against them while others pleaded not guilty.
Justice Bode Adegbehinge of an Ondo High Court sentenced her to seven years imprisonment.
The trial of her co-accused, who pleaded not guilty, continued on Wednesday.
The mother of the victim, Taiwo Adesina, said her daughter was stolen on August 14, 2018, at Omifon, Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area.
She said her daughter accompanied the daughter of her sister-in-law to buy a biscuit when she went missing.
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