One Gabriel Okon Ekpiri of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong in Itu Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom has sold his nine-year-old son for for N400,000
He has since been arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad, QIS, of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Odiko MacDon disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Tuesday.
According to MacDon, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, condemned the action of Obong.
“The CP has condemned the action of one Gabriel Okon Ekpiri of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong in Itu Local Government Area who sold his nine (9) year old son for four hundred thousand (400,000) naira.
“The CP noted that the act was barbaric and totally unacceptable. 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”
MacDon also disclosed that the CP decorated two Deputy Commissioners of Police serving in the Command.
His words, “The two Deputy Commissioners of Police are DCP Baba Lawan Audu, Area Commander, Eket Area Command and DCP Lawal Isa Mani of the Department of Operations.
“The CP, while conveying the hearty congratulations of the Inspector General of Police, Acting IGP Olukayode Egbetokun to the Officers, charged them to double their productivity capacity while playing their deputising roles”