Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Federal Capital Territory Command, have arrested a man, Chinana Telpesa Solomom Tali, for attempting to sell his 8-year-old son, Ushafa Tali for N20m.
The NSCDC FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, who paraded the suspect and his accomplice, Pius Aondoakaa, at the Command headquarters on Tuesday, said the command’s intelligence unit arrested Tali alongside Aondoakaa on January 10, 2024, for conspiring to sell Ushafa.
“The FCT Commands’ ardent and astute intelligence personnel in their proactive engagements in January 2024, intercepted a father who conspired with another to trade an eight years old boy who he claimed to be his child for the sum of 20 million naira in the FCT,” the Commandant stated.
“Following a tip-off, the suspects were immediately placed under surveillance. One of the suspects Pius Aondoakaa in a quest for a higher bid rejected the sum of 12 million naira and was looking for 20 million naira for a “He-goat” meaning a boy child.
“He also offered a “she-goat” (i.e. girl child) for 15 million Naira. Pius claimed to have a boy child for sale and that the father of the boy wants to use the proceeds of the sale to take care of his other children.
“In view of this, the acclaimed father of the boy, Mr. China Telpesa Solomon Tali was lured to Abuja on January 10, 2024, by the FCT Intelligence Personnel who posed as a buyer and agreed on the terms to buy and pay the sum of 20million naira.
“He was received at a garden with his son by the undercover personnel who posed as the buyer. The transaction was concluded for the sum of twenty million naira after which officers moved in and arrested the father, Mr. Chinana Tali, male, 42 years old of Logo LGA, of Benue State and recovered the little eight-year-old boy by the name Ushafa Tali.
“The suspect Pius Aondoakaa, male, 29 years old, Logo LGA of Benue State who had connived with the father of the boy was also arrested on January 12, 2024. Both suspects are Tiv by tribe and from a village called R.C.M Abeda Mbadyul in Logo LGA.”
