Alexander Okere, BeninOperatives of the Edo State Police Command have begun investigation into the alleged sale of a six-week-old baby by her a 23-year-old mother, Miracle Johnson. READ ALSO: External reserves drop by $990m in three weeksPUNCH Metro gathered that Miracle sold the baby, Greatness, to an orphanage in Onitsha, Anambra State, for N200,000. She was said to have used part of the proceeds to buy a mobile phone. Miracle, a mother of two, blamed her action on frustration and the inability of her husband to take care of her and her other children. “When she called me later in the afternoon to tell me that she had sold the baby, I cursed her and ended the call.

Source: Punch August 27, 2018 00:48 UTC