A certain Gabriel Ekpiri from Ekiti Itam Akpan Obong in Itu Local Government Area has been arrested by the Akwa-Ibom State Police Command for selling his nine year old son for a sum of four hundred thousand naira.
The suspect was apprehended by the Quick Intervention Squad which is part of the Akwa-Ibom State Police Command.
According to reports, Ekpiri confessed to the crime and blamed the economic hardship and inability to provide his basic needs for his devilish actions.
The Akwa-Ibom Police PRO disclosed this in an official statement which read:
"The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Olatoye Durusinmi, has condemned the action of one Gabriel Ekpiri, of the Ekit Itam Akpan Obong, in the 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. The suspect who was arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad of the command has confessed to the crime. He blamed the devil and economic hardship for his actions."
The suspect was apprehended by the Quick Intervention Squad which is part of the Akwa-Ibom State Police Command.
According to reports, Ekpiri confessed to the crime and blamed the economic hardship and inability to provide his basic needs for his devilish actions.
The Akwa-Ibom Police PRO disclosed this in an official statement which read:
"The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Olatoye Durusinmi, has condemned the action of one Gabriel Ekpiri, of the Ekit Itam Akpan Obong, in the 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. The suspect who was arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad of the command has confessed to the crime. He blamed the devil and economic hardship for his actions."