Court sentences couple to 5 years imprisonment for attempting to sell their one-year-old son in Cross River

A Federal High Court in Calabar, Cross River State, has sentenced a couple, Emmanuel Okechukwu Ogbodo, 28, and Peace Ufeabuchi Nnamonu, 22, to five years imprisonment each for attempting to sell their one-year-old son. 

The court presided over by Hon. Justice Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie, convicted the couple on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, after they pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempting to sell their child, contrary to Sections 27 and 29 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015. 

They were each sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on Count 1 and two and a half years’ imprisonment on Count 2, with the sentences to run concurrently and commence from the date of arrest. 

NAPTIP disclosed this in a statement after the judgment. 

According to the statement, the couple were arraigned on November 3, 2026.