An Adamawa state Resident, Yohanna Saidolo was on Wednesday charged to a Chief Magistrate Court for selling off his neighbors’ six children under the pretence of securing an admission for them to study in a school in Yola
It was gathered that the accused deceived the neighbors in Koma village in Jada Local Government Area of the state saying he had found admission for them in a missionary school in the state capital.
Saidolo was said to have delivered the children to a buyer, Madam Lydia Rhumde- Baru neighborhood at the Jambutu satellite town in Yola.
Some of the parents of the children were skeptical when the children who were said to be in school could not be contacted and could not return home during holidays.
They reported the matter to the police and he was arrested.
On interrogation, he confessed to have sold off the six children and two of his children to the buyer .
The offence contravenes Section 257 and 259 of the State’s penal code law 2018.
He pleaded guilty .
The judge,Atheri Ishaku ordered his remand in a correctional facility and adjourned the matter to March 25,2022.
