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 r...