Clement Nnachi, Abakaliki
A 38-year-old woman, Mrs. Veronica Igwe, has allegedly sold her four-year-old daughter, Uloma, to a trader, Mrs. Josephine Nwali, whom she owed a debt of N100.
Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital on Thursday, the Desk Officer in charge of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Cecilia Elom, said the ministry received a call last Tuesday that Veronica traded her daughter because of her inability to settle the N100 debt.
She said officials of the ministry rushed to CAS campus of the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, where the suspect resided.
“On reaching the area, we saw little Uloma with another seven-year-old boy hawking. When we interrogated them, they said Nwali, whom they were living with, forced them to hawk,” Elom added.
Veronica reportedly told the government officials that she…
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