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The police have arrested four persons for paying ₦13 ,000 to buy a five -month- old baby boy .

Kano State  Police  Commissioner Rabiu Yusuf

Appearing before a magistrate ’s court in Kano on Friday , the suspects pleaded not guilty .
Magistrate Aminu Fagge , who presided over the case , granted the four suspects bail .
Fagge imposed  ₦300 , 000 bail condition on each of the four suspects .Among the suspects were 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 standing trial on 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 .
According to Sale , the accused approached one Fatima Ahmad , mother of the baby, to buy the child .
“The suspects paid ₦13 ,000 out of the negotiated ₦15 , 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 .
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