A Lagos sex worker, Grace Onome, has been arrested by the Lagos State police for reportedly selling off her 2-year-old daughter, Zainab, to a fellow sex worker who is now on the run.
According to Punch, Onome, who worked along the Mobil Area of Badagry, was arrested on Saturday by the Badagry Police Division following a tip-off. The sex worker she sold her daughter to was simply identified as Endurance.
Speaking with the press, a police source said:
“It was on Saturday that Grace (Onome) and Endurance had the transaction. They are both commercial sex workers in the area. Endurance gave Zainab’s mother N50,000, before taking the girl away. The mother said she used the money to buy a few things for herself.
“The fleeing buyer is of no fixed address. But the police are on her trail.”
Following up with the investigations is a child rights’ worker, Ebenezer Omejalile, who added that her department has requested for the case to be transferred to the Gender Unit, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for further investigation.
“Child rights’ workers in the Badagry area are monitoring the case. It is being investigated by the surveillance section of the police division,” Omejalile said.
“The woman is a commercial sex worker and she sold the girl to a fellow commercial sex worker, who fled with the girl to a yet-to-be-ascertained location to resell her. We want the matter to be transferred to the gender unit of the police in Ikeja, where proper investigation will be done,” he continued.
“We are worried that the victim has yet to be rescued by the police. Our contact persons in the Badagry area have been detailed to work with the police, and they will follow up on that matter,” Omejalile added.
Meanwhile, Punch says Onome has been released on bail. However, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said concerted efforts are being made to track the Lagos sex worker and the child.
She said, “The mother has been arrested and she confessed to be a commercial sex worker. Effort is ongoing to track the fleeing suspected buyer and the child.”
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