A couple has been jailed in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for trying to sell their one-year-old son.
Emmanuel Okechukwu Ogbodo, 28, and Peace Ufeabuchi Nnamonu, 22, were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment at the Federal High Court, Calabar, on Wednesday.
They were arraigned before Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie on a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempting to sell their child, contrary to Sections 27 and 29 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
They were sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on count one and two and a half years on count two. The terms will run concurrently, meaning they will each spend five years in prison.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) disclosed the conviction in separate posts on its Facebook and X accounts, alongside photographs of the two convicts.
NAPTIP described the offence as conspiracy and an attempt by the couple to sell their one-year-old son for the purpose of exploitation.
The agency reiterated its campaign against human trafficking, urging Nigerians to reject the practice.
