By Peter Okutu
ABAKALIKI—A four-year-old girl, Uloma Igwe, was reportedly sold to a widow, Nwali Josephine, for N100 in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
According to investigation, the girl’s mother, Veronica Igwe allegedly owed Nwali Josephine N100 during transaction at Abakaliki Rice Mill.
It was gathered from a source that when the widow insisted on being paid, the girl’s mother decided to use one of her children as collateral pending when she will pay back.
The source added that the widow, Nwali, accepted the offer and took Uloma to her house at the College of Agricultural Sciences, CAS, campus of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, where she has been for the past nine months.
The Desk Officer in charge of Child Abuse at the State Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Elom Cecilia, who confirmed the incident, said: “It is child abuse and exploitation because the poor girl did not…
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