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30-yr-old man in court for putting up son for sale to raise cash for mother’s burial
A 30-year-old man identified as Haruna Sule appeared before a Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan for his attempt to sell his six-year-old son to raise cash for the burial ceremony of his late mother.
Haruna was paraded in court with his accomplice, Abdulfatai Quadri, 30, on a two-count charge of conspiracy and alleged attempt to sell his son on June 21 at Agbowo area of Ogbomoso.
While addressing the court, Sergeant Oriola James, the prosecutor, said the offences contravened Sections 516 and 509 of Criminal Code Cap 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State of Nigeria, 2000.
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In his police statement, Haruna, who pleaded not guilty to the charges leveled against him, said he was at a loss as to how to raise money to give his late mother a befitting burial and contacted his friend Quadri to find a willing buyer for his son Saka Sule.
Haruna said his friend Quadri found a buyer days later but it turned out that the buyer reported their attempt to sell Saka to the police which landed both of them in trouble.
While delivering her judgement on the bail application, Chief Magistrate Taiwo Oladiran before adjourning the case to August 31 for further hearing, granted the accused N100,000 bail with two reliable sureties in like sum.
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yanju omotodun
July 13, 2017 at 7:48 am
So odious to hear. Sincerely to me, they should even kill the man so that they can bury him together with his mother. How can someone exchange a living with the dead? This world sef!
Balarabe musa
July 13, 2017 at 8:33 am
I concur to his killing. The mother he never took care before she died and now he want to host a big burial for the dead. Nonsense
JOHNSON PETER
July 13, 2017 at 9:57 am
God will make us reasonable and know what to do with my life at the right time, it’s not Haruna’s fault, it’s irrationality that stole his right thinking sense
Animashaun Ayodeji
July 13, 2017 at 10:13 am
I don’t understand why some judges will prefer to add more petrol to already burning fire. A man looking for money to give his mother a befiting burial put up his son for sale and a the judge in-charge of the case granted the accused N100,000 bail! This is unfair, he was supposed to be sent to rehab for proper care first.
Abeni Adebisi
July 13, 2017 at 10:16 am
Honestly, I feel jail term would have been better for him. Now that he’ll be paying N100,000, the man will definitely not get money to bury his mother and still be in debt of N100k! It’s a big loss on his part. A very big one.
Anita Kingsley
July 13, 2017 at 10:21 am
It’s very good for him, next time he’ll not try to sell living to bury dead. It is unspeakable to sell a young boy who’s future is bright if well taken care of to bury dead grandma who has spent all his life.