Kano state police command have arrested four persons for paying N13,000 to buy a five-month-old baby boy.
The suspects , appearing in a magistrate in Kano o Friday, pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Aminu Fagge, granted the four suspects bail imposing N300,000 bail condition on each of the four suspects.
The suspects includeed; Itohan Pius, 32, of ECWA Eye Hospital Kano; a couple from Rivers State, Sandra Bob-Manuel, 39;Charles Bob-Manuel, 42; and one Charles Akindoji, 30, from Kaduna State.
The suspects are being charged with a two counts of “criminal conspiracy and buying or selling minor for immoral purpose, which contravene the provisions of sections 97 and 278 of the penal code.”
The police prosecutor, Yusuf Sale, told the court that the suspects committed the offence on October 10, in Sabon Gari Quarters, Kano.
“The suspects paid N13,000 out of the negotiated N15,000 to buy the boy but Fatima later reported the matter to the police and we effected the arrest of the suspects,” he said.
The case was adjourned to November 15.