Trafficking: ‘Doctor allegedly bought child for ₦700k, resold him for ₦2.3m’
The Anambra Dispute Childhood, Sexual and Gender-Primarily based Violence Offences Court in Awka has ordered the remand of a 72-year-frail scientific doctor, Daniel Ikebuilo, alongside two ladies folks, Ifunanya Ogbonna, 23, and Chidiogo Ogbonna, 20, over alleged child theft and illegal sale.
The three defendants pleaded no longer responsible to a five-depend payment bordering on conspiracy, child stealing, and unlawful sale of a minor.
Presiding Chief Justice of the Peace U.E. Onochie directed that the accused folks be remanded at the Awka Correctional Centre and adjourned the subject to August 13 for a ruling on their bail utility.
In response to the prosecution counsel, Chinyere Okechukwu, the incident came about on April 30 at Okpoko in Onitsha. She told the court that the 2 feminine defendants conspired and fraudulently took a seven-year-frail boy from his mom, Kosarachukwu Okpala.
“They supplied the boy to the doctor for N700,000, and the doctor later re-supplied the newborn for N2.3 million,” Okechukwu said.
She told the court that the offences violated Sections 495(a) and 321 of the Prison Code Legislation of Anambra Dispute (1991, as amended), to boot to Piece 31(1)(4) of the recount’s Baby Rights Legislation of 2004 and Piece 15(1) of the Violence In opposition to People Prohibition and Protection Legislation of 2017.
The prosecutor additional well-known that Ifunanya Ogbonna and Dr. Ikebuilo had beforehand been arraigned on March 5 for a the same offence.
“True now after they perfected their bail utility following the March arraignment, they stole every other child in April,” Okechukwu told the court.
The court is expected to determine their bail location at the next listening to.
(NAN)
