A Nigerian woman by the name of Blessing Okonkwo has been apprehended by the Nigerian Police for selling her three-year-old brother Friday Okonkwo for N410,000 in Adamawa State.

She had carried out the act after she lied to their mother that she had made plans to enroll him in a school, but it was all a lie.

Instead, she sold the young boy for the sum of N410,000 to one Efunaya Nabufe who trafficked him to Enugu State.

After she was apprehended, she confessed that it was the state of the country that drove her to that extent, then went on to explain what she did with the money.

She said; “I used the proceeds of the crime to buy a grinding machine so I can start a business and also gave my boyfriend N200,000 to buy items required for our tradition wedding.”

The mother of the victim who is shocked at her daughter’s action, has narrated her part of the story.

Recounting the incidence, she said;