Mariam Ekanem, a 20-year-old school drop out from Odukpani Local
Government Area of Cross River State, said yesterday in Calabar that
poverty and lack of where to stay after she gave birth made her sell her
two weeks old baby girl for N20,000.
According to
Vanguard,
Maria, who was arrested by the police along five other accomplices,
said her boyfriend who got her pregnant, asked her to abort the baby but
said a doctor helped her with free antenatal care and food until she
gave birth.
This, she added, prompted her to agree to sell the baby when arrangements were made to sell.