Man arrested for attempting to sell 8-year-old son for N20m

ONE Chinana Tali, who attempted to sell his eight-year-old boy, Ushafa, for N20 million has been arrested with his accomplice, Pius Aondoakaa, by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

NSCDC FCT Commandant, Mr Olusola Odumosu, who paraded the suspects, said the child trafficking suspect was arrested after being lured to Abuja from Benue.

He said Aondoakaa, who was seeking a higher bid, rejected an initial offer of N12 million for the “he-goat”, a disgusted term he used for the boy during the sting operation.

Odumosu said 42-year-old Tali and 29-year-old Aondoakaa are both of the Tiv tribe from R.C.M Abeda Mbadyul village, Logo LGA and would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons NAPTIP for further investigations and prosecution. 

Ushafa, the eight-year-old victim, revealed during interrogation that he is the fourth child of the accused father.

Odumosu said; “We have re-doubled our efforts to reduce crime in the FCT to the barest minimum. To this end, the FCT Command's ardent and astute intelligence personnel in their proactive engagements in January 2024, intercepted a father who conspired with another to trade an eight-year-old boy, who he claimed to be his child for N20 million in the FCT."

Tali, who is a father of six, said he decided to sell his son to get money to feed his other children, blaming the economic hardship in the country for his crime.

He said: “It is because of hardship and no money so l needed to find a way to train my other children,” Tali said.

NAPTIP Senior Intelligence Assistant, Mrs Chinere Oseafiama, assured that the case will be thoroughly investigated for appropriate actions.

In a related incident, the FCT-NSCDC also arrested a 23-year-old man, named Yakubu Mati on January 11, 2024, for the vandalism of armoured cables along the Idu Metro Railway Lines.

Culled from Vanguard

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