A woman known as Grace Onome was arrested on Saturday by the Badagry Police Division after a tip-off,  for allegedly selling her two-year-old child in the Badagry area of the state.

According to reports from Punch,  four accomplices, who allegedly aided the sale of the girl, were also arrested by the police.

Grace  Onome, who worked as a commercial sex worker in the Mobil area of Badagry, allegedly sold Zainab to another sex worker, identified only as Endurance.

A police source at the division said operatives were on the trail of Endurance in order to rescue Zainab who is yet to be found.

He 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.” It was learnt that the sold daughter, identified as Zainab, is yet to be found.

A child rights’ worker, Ebenezer Omejalile, said a request had been made to the police to have the case transferred to the Gender Unit, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for more investigation.

He said, “Child rights’ workers in the Badagry area are monitoring the case. It is being investigated by the surveillance section of the police division.

We say, may God help the little girl and bring her to safety. A mother who sells her daughter off is not fit to be a mother.