The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 26 year old bricklayer, Kenneth Ofoke for allegedly selling six weeks old twin babies.
It was gathered that the suspect who hails from Ebonyi state sold the twins for N500,000 in Port Harcourt but was arrested in Edo.
Kenneth was among the suspects paraded by the Edo state police commissioner, DanMallam Muhammed over alleged various crimes.
The police said the suspect has sold four babies before he was arrested, saying that he sold twins N500,000, and the other two N30,000 and N50,000 respectively.
In an interview with journalists, Kenneth claimed the twins he sold were his children and that the incident happened August last year.
He said he sold the twins due to financial constraints and ill health of the children and their mother, adding they unanimously decided to take the babies to where they would be taken care of.
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