Topic: Woman sells her child to repay loan (Read 461 times)

The Nigerian Economy has gotten to the stage that was describe in the bible where woman sell and eat there children, it's very very pathetic and unbelievable to hear of a woman selling her child to settle loan,  this is barbaric and inhumane and this case should be treated as a child trafficking case because no matter what your not expected to sell your child. Any one capable of doing this can also kill and do anything to make money.
We all know that the country is passing through tough economic situation but it doesn't call for things like this

I feel there are questions that need answers from the said woman, like why she actually collected the loan, what she did with it, because if she did good with the loan amount I dont think she would have been in such a dire situation with she trying to sell her child to repay

We can't totally blame this woman,and there must be a reason why this woman did this.I know the action seems ruthless,and I am not supporting her actions,but looking at how things are in the country,some stupid things are done here just to feed.
Just recently,a woman at my place killed her baby by giving her rat poison so she could die,she succeeded,but was eventually caught when she wanted to throw away the baby.
Now when people have caught her,she said she doesn't have food to give this baby,and she said this baby eats more than an adult,the worst of all is that the baby cannot walk on her legs despite being 4  years old.Shes just a total liability to her, therefore,she had to kill her.
What do you think of this mate.

No matter how we want to talk about this incident, there's no way we can justify the selling of her child to repay a loan she had took earlier without even the consent of the child being sold. Let's educate ourselves a bit, under the child's rights act of Nigeria and the Trafficking in Persons Enforcement and Administration Act of 2015, to sell a child is a serious and severe criminal offense.

Depending on the severity of the case, the Child Right Act have enforced the selling of children as an offense that is punishable by 10 years of imprisonment by the court of law while the Trafficking in Persons Enforcement and Administration Act could range between 7 years under prison detention or in worse cases, life imprisonment.

This is when it's believed to be an act practiced by law breakers or bad people. Now, this case is with the mother who have labored for the child for other 9 months in pregnancy and have been catering for the child for over years now, to suddenly sell her child in place of a loan repayment continues to make it more difficult for one to comprehend. She's not to be excused for such insane attitude and while I understand the current economic realities facing us today as citizens, it should be a red line crossed to find people deliberately engaging in such heinous acts.

That's heartless, is actually Cristal clear that the woman does not love her child because if she does she wouldn't have even have a thought about selling her baby just to repay a loan, has she even wonder what will happen to that baby after being sold to a total stranger?, the mother that have the mind to do that can also have mind to use her child for anything just to get money, I'm not even blaming the bad economy for this because there are some certain act that deviate from bad economy and besides she is not the only one facing the bad economy because it affects everyone, so no mother will use an excuse of money to sell there child they carried for a whole nine months to settle there loan.

When I saw the news OP brought at first what hit in my mind was what is the world turning into, how can mother who went through pain of childbirth sell her only blood for a loan she is owning.
People nowadays are doing evil for this so called money..
To me she went to fall with this, money can't buy life how will she leave with this guilt of wanting to sell her child just to replay a loan, I no the hardships dey but that doesn't warrant her to do that my prayers be say God go help this country evil thing happen ohh.

Desperation is the reason behind it ,bcos I don't see any other reason that will make a mother to sell her own child. In fact that woman is capable of killing someone and if care is not taking this is not the first time she is trying such. I heard numerous cases of mothers trying to sell there child without caring what the person is buying the child for.children are gift from God and shouldn't be treated this way.

I know say no be better thing the madam do and no religion go stupidly support this thing but like I talk e get how problem go hit you and the only thing you go think nah to do wetin first enter your head, no be everybody sabi maintain their cool when pressure come in so I no go too blame her. True oh if nah me I no go try am that's to show say me I get how I dey operate when pressure dey even some of us here. So the matter e strong pass the woman and she no fit again thats why but e no mean say I support her actions oh cos that pikin no go forgive her if him grow con hear this story.

Which reason will make someone to sell her only child to settle loan of #600k, which if she want to work through out the year she can repay her loan without having such thought in her mind.

Even though you find yourself in such situation, can you do what she did to use her only child to repay loan? No, you can't do that because you will think about your relatives, if they hear such thing will they be happy with you or if your church members or Muslim members hear about the matter, how will they feel about you, which no religion will be happy for such evil act to any member. Any step you take for life, you have agreed to take such steps you are following because you have conclude in your mind that you can't solve the problem without committing evil to make money to settle the bill or to establish the business.

Sometimes make we look into the main reason why some people dey take some yeye actions wey we dey see and hear about, the woman fit don see hell in a cell for this life together with the hardship of this country, to buy food na wahala and things wey she don try too no work so make we some how no too blame her too. And e fit be say the woman in question nah single mother, e no ever easy for single moms to run this package of taking care of her children without any line if help from her relations, e dey worry bad bad. What of the one wey she carry her children go police station leave them there enter road make moto hit her, na so she take die leave the children for police hand, e happen earlier this year I think, so check am if we no get strong mind yeye things go cloud our mind, make God help us abeg is never easy in any situation we find ourselves.

It’s quite funny that the hardship, famine and hunger we all face today didn’t just start today or even with our generation. This story reminds me of a very popular story from the Old Testament of the Bible, those of us here who are Christians should be conversant with that story where there was a very great hunger and famine in a certain land, there wasn’t any food to eat that a group of women agreed to kill and eat their children just to save themselves, I think they were about 3 or 4 women and each they, 1 woman would submit her child to be killed, cooked and shared amongst the other women, and when they had finished eating the first woman’s child, the second woman would do the same and then the third, down to the last.

And when it was the last woman’s turn to submit her child, due to how much she loved her child, she refused to submit her child, but instead took her child and hid him when the other women came. I think this is exactly what’s happening in our world today, due to the hardship, some people are willing to go to any length just to survive and make ends meet.

There is no situation that would make a person sell his or her child to pay loan. Human life is more precious than anything else. The said child that was sold could be her saviour at old age. We shouldn't use because of temporary discomfort to lose everlasting comfort. 

No amount of problem can be equated or exchanged for human life. This last paragraph of your statement can be misleeding. The law does permit it, even religious people forbids it too. So no circumstances should be a reason for doing such, if you are caught you will face the penalty.

This is really sad. Before a mother thought of selling her child off, then things must have been really extreme for her because conceiving that idea alone is next-level crazy. And for such an amount of money that can finish in a month or less considering the current economic standpoint of the country.

I can't help but wonder, now that such an incident is on the news what is both the state government and federal governments doing to stop such occurrences from happening in the future. What is the point of bringing it to the news if nothing will be done about it if nothing will be done to elevate the economic standpoint of the citizens? This is really disheartening and a big shame to the country, that her citizens have gotten poor to the extent of selling off their children, that's bad.

 I wish the government would pay attention to the people and also individuals like the women in the news doing their bits like learning skills, being self-employed or legal attempts to make money, all to make this country better than joining in the corruption and oppression.

The issue or case of this woman selling her child to repay  loan is indeed serious. What on earth make a mother sell her child to pay loan.
Well it may be because of the hardship she is  passing through at that moment in time.
But there is a saying that says use what you have to get what you need but is decided not to use that saying, maybe she is not that kind of person or no available person there. For me I can't blame her for her deeds maybe she has tried all her best, and find out that there's no other way and the loan customer are disturbing her.
Then she went on to sell her child.

What a Sad story!

The economic hardship in recent times has been fierce for the average and poor. However, economic hardship shouldn't be a yardstick to promote greed, inhumane attitude towards humanity, corruption and so much more.

Regardless of how tough things are, I don't see a reason why any mother who has gone through a medical knife in a theatre should sell her precious child. She might say she has no helper, if that's the case, she should have calculated her decisions before embarking on it. People need to be more humane and stop being harmful to infants in the name of economic hardship.

Things have not gotten so bad. Some people just use economic hardship to escalate or embark on their evil agenda.

Diz woman probably fit don dey do da kind tin as business. Bcos I no c reasons y a mother go go sell n pikin cus of loan of 600k. Maybe da 1 cast b4 she cook da kind xcuse.

Dis remind me of 1 woman 4 my villa, dis woman husband don die but she get a life time source of incom 4rm ha husband way she dey earn 80K bt dis woman dey go get belle 4 pipo, com born d pikin sell am use d moni by material tins nt evn 4 d oda children welfare.

She evn connect ha 1st dauta @ 17 to go do runs 4 Ghana so da she go dey giv ha moni

She do til husband family pipo change am 4 am, cast ha out of 4rm d family afta dey 1st retriv dia broda dauta way go Ghana

My own b say som tins our pipo don dey do som kind unbelievable nonsense tins bt d day hand go catch dem dem go com dey cook pityful stories like say na dia 1st time.
4 da woman to sell ha own pikin, imagin wetin she fit do odas children of she get d chance.

As 4 dos way dey collet loans 4 bost ceremony way no b way of investment to bring incom,  imagin dem get charged by who boro dem d moni @ time dem no fit pay, shey dem go stil cook pityful or blivable stories.

Til we take responsibilities of our selves, we no go fit do responsible tins at all.

Na who get fia dey gt conscience & na who dey look up 2 2moro dey put n self togeda 4 beta reputation.

Baba dis kin matter serious ooo, e touch me, but the woman fuck up, na rubbish she do, no be all mothers wey we see for outside now be real mother, some of them don’t worth to be called mother, how you go carry your pikin go sell before of money, haha na rubbish now, they suppose arrest the woman and jail her.

We have to be honest, I no the economy is hard now but that those not give the woman to do that, no matter how hard the economy is, selling your child shouldn’t be an option, I believe say d woman get bad mind she, if to say she no get bad mind no matter the condition she for no do like that, They suppose arrest her make dem punish her well.

Also I don’t know if government can do anything about the way all those small small loan apps de threaten people e for make sense, or make government completely stop them from operation e for make sense.

Omo.. Na better statement you just yan hear oh my dear, because true true the contri hard, but yet that's not a reason for people to take such high loan amount when you literally don't have any means of pay back, because I think it's high time people start to live according to their needs, because na our major problem be that oh, as everybody wan show up say they don arrive even when truly deep down they no get shi-shi, because wetin this woman do no make sense at all, but in some cases I blame loan apps too for insighting her into making such an abominable act of selling her baby, because I personally can't remember how many times this so called loan app "Eazybuy" don dey disturb me with several calls informing how I don qualify to access a loan amount of over #300,000 and I bet you, if no be God, I almost fell for it, and that dey among the reason why immediately, I went ahead to delete the app from my phone, so as to avoid ever been tempted in such a manner.
So loan apps are also to be blame too for given huge loans to people that just can't afford to pay back.

This is pathetic. I know that there are even worse things going on in Nigeria that would make one's ears tingle.
My thoughts on this is that:

- The story shows that the husband and the wife are not in good terms. The marriage lacks cooperation and strong leadership from the man. Because if it did, how will a wife go ahead to borrow such amount of money without the knowledge of the husband. What was the purpose of the loan?

- My hypothesis is that if a DNA test is conducted, the child may not even belong to the husband because if it is his, she wouldn't even think about selling the child.

Mate, all is not well with some people, for the fact that you see and eat three square meal a day  does not mean others are having such privilege. Let me tell you straight, there is hunger in the land and the weather is not favorable to that point thereby calling for citizens unusual actions. It is very awful though that a woman could sell her baby just to survive. It is unfortunate that the situation of things has no immediate remedy and has forced people to take serious decisions.  This decision seems drastic and ruthless as task.

I can't just continue imagine this, What will I call this action? Should I call it wickedness or work of devil according to religion believe.that is a very foolish idea for any parent, especially mother that goes through 9months stresses before she give birth to sell her child because she want to pay her debt.i may say they should do proper investigation on top the matter because the matter looks anyhow to me,it may not be her child the way I am viewing it, and possible she the owner of the child I don't think paying her loan will be the reason of selling her child. Infact why will someone even go for the loan it will be able to pay back?

When I be the hear the news of how a woman take sell her pikin for loan debt wey em owe, I was shocked beyond imagination that how could she take such a decision without the concept of her so-called husband. That one na big mental case be that because if to say she d stable for reasoning she no suppose to reason to sell her pikin for 600k without thinking of how the future of that kid go be tomorrow.

Seriously, as our country d so, na soso unbelievable things wey people d do so because of hardship. Na why I tell my friends sae, single life and married life no be the same. As the country d be so make peso first prepare himself financial before em enter the institution of marriage. Marriage no be child's. Know who you are spending your whole life with and the future of your kids to. Make peso no do the mistake of marrying someone who can't take of em kids tomorrow if em kick bucket(die)

As for the woman in question case, em be like sae em need physical and mental help as it seems. She needs to be taken to rehabilitation center so that em regain herself back. Because for her to take this kind step alone means sae em no d on a stable state of mind. Na urgent help she need so.

This is unrealistic How could a mother sell her own child in the first place? It's too crazy, and for what? For a loan repayment?

I don't understand if people are becoming too desperate and crazy nowadays, or if I'm just constantly surprised by such news. I understand that she might not have any other options to pay off her loans, but selling your own child goes against humanity and is reminiscent of slavery.

Even if she's living a tough life and might end up going to prison, it's her problem, not the child's. The child must be free and has their own rights that no one can take away from them, the mother should go to jail and be punished for even considering such an act.

Our world we live in keeps getting more wicked with each day that passes, whats next surprise us...

This action taken by a mother is really extreme to be honest  and something  that should have never come to her mind!
Of course she might have run out of options but I think she did not use all of them....where was here family or the husbands/fathers family in this situation??? I can only think of it has a self centred person that never wants to admit it that they are in need of help because of pride!

So sad for the child and you expect the child to grow to love the parent after this ordeal,  not a chance!!!

I no know the kind hardship way go make this woman to won go sell her child, he dey very hard for mama to separate from her child way she carry for nine months na the kind natural love way woman get. She no even know weda the people she go give the baby na human traffickers or ritualist. I don hear of this child selling business for benin, those ones be like baby factory them go rent house for the girls, dey feed them… probably this na girls way them carry from village say them won train them for school only to dey use the girls to dey born children. Many evil things dey happen, na why e people no dey gree release their children for brother or sister again.

Wow Nigeria my country, there is nothing hardship will not cause in this country.because if the country is good and all the mases are living fine,(1) I don't think this woman will think of borrowing the Sum of #600,000, she should have worked it out by herself or with the help of her husband (2)if even she borrowed it she should have been able to pay back without selling her child in other to pay back how i wish the country is good, because I believe she didn't borrow that money for merry,it must be for something very important or to boost up her business and along the lines the business crashed because of one thing or the other which the bad government has put us into..

But in other way round,it may not be because of the bad government any way,it may be because of her misused of the money that put her into this mess or inability to pay according to their agreement because she may be thinking that miracle will happen to her one day and feel Les concerned about their agreement..

And I have come to realize that some people go into borrowing without any motive or any challenges facing them just to lavish it on a thing that has no value or need of borrowing money for, some just to borrow because he or she sees his or her friend borrowing without knowing the mindset of that person who go into borrowing.

And some people have that evil agenda in their mind not because something push them into it,but will like to use anything around them to cover up,so she needs to be investigated very well to know actually what really led her into that, because we have been hearing similar stories like this..so please a proper investigation should be made to ascertain what prompt to that..

I swear,the way human hearts don strong now,I really believe say na end time be dis,be cause I no see any reason wey fit make human being wan try this kind thing because of money.Bible don talkam say the love of money is the root of all evil.E no get anything wey human being no fit do for money now,the last time wey I watch you- tube channel,a lady agree to sleep with dog for 1 million naira,and was very serious about it,that is to tell you how human being is now,and wetin human being go fit do because of money.I believe one thing,and the thing be say, anything wey human being dey do on earth wey be evil, repercussion dey foram,and that person no go escapam.

I was at a loss for words when I first read this news because I believe that no amount of money can ever be equated to human life. Going to the extent of trading your child should not be an excuse to sell a child, and I have even witnessed situations where young mothers give birth and abandon the child anywhere, which makes me wonder what kind of heart these people have. Anyone involved in that act should be detained by human rights and brought to justice because they deserve it.

E dey sad wetin hapun, as we dey cast the mama make we still remember say na only one side of the story you don hear. We nor know the circumstances wey surround the birth of the pikin, I nor support her actions but to arrest the woman put for prison nor still good, who go benefit from the woman arrest? Na the pikin? Who come raise the baby? All this na important question we wan know. I don hear many story of husband wey abandon leave wife and baby for hospital because money nor dey. The country nor soft at all, if this woman nor get money to raise the pikin na to give am for adoption to people wey she know say go take care of the pikin I don taya to dey see small children dey beg money for road.

So many things are happening because of money problems. Some months back, it was the story of a woman somewhere in Ogun state who ended her life all because she owed a 70k debt and couldn't afford to payback when due.
A loan is supposed to be collected by those who can pay back. It is supposed to be at least 3times lesser than what one earns or could spend on a normal day if there was enough cash.
Above all, delayed gratification, living creatively and in contentment are key boosters to wealth creation and accumulation.
Thank God for Bitcoin, the only thing that remains would be to sensitize those on how it works and mentor them if interested till they can earn from it too.
Arresting the lady is just a deterrent to others who fall in this category to only borrow only what can be paid back, no matter how much is placed on the table.

I understand your reasons oo, but for me, I don't see any reason why woman wey carry pikin for 9 months go sell am because of money.
Maybe the pikin no even get origin, I mean maybe him no get papa, if not how on earth woman go carry her pikin go sell? Maybe she and d pikin father no de in good terms as some people de born before dem marry na. But wetting go be her reason for taking this huge amount of money on loan? And e de very stupid to use her pikin replace that amount because Human been they priceless.

Some people do not deserve the blessings they get because they never consider how difficult it is for others to get that blessing. This same child that she hasn't valued is same child that so many other person's are seeking to have and get. It is because many people are not deserving of their children that is why some other countries have institutions that can take away a child from a mother or family that do not care about the children they have.

Debt is only considered good when you collect it for good reasons mostly to get more money, okay if you get loans for emergency situations, but bad when loan is then collected for pleasure and just for reasons not important like to squander it.

Borrowing money is not bad but it has to be for a profound purpose because most people just like or should I say love to borrow money for many unnecessary reasons and that's what really turns out to be dept trap, taking of loan without proper and assured means of paying back that loan can only result to many bad outcomes which are:
1. Borrow more from another source to clear up
2. You pay with something more dear to you that's more valuable than the actual amount you borrowed.
3. Depression and confusion always play in mind when you fail to pay.

which in turn cause you to do what is unthinkable like in this case selling of your own child which is very bad so its pumped plain for someone with no good of money to always shy aware or dangerously avoid loans because it can ruined your whole life.

You think say the way some people Dey treat pikin this days you no go know say na born wey he Dey to born dem born them. Some of them self Dey throwaway am after giving birth. I hope say government officials don catch even the buyer because both of them na threat to our community.

As for women on top borrowing me I no know when they go stop that one. The worst thing be say most of them na on top extravagances dem they spend am

I no jst knw hw dis loan pple dey work dis days. Dis profit makin don mak these bank agents 2 jst dey carry loan giv jst anybodi becus, d persn carri leg come dere bank or evn via app 2 come collect loan.

I lik d old days wen, persn go collect loan wth collateral nd if u no get watin 2 use, u commot bodi. Dat time, wahala no bin too dey becus, u go first way d value of ur tin nd nobodi go tell u say mak u go pay or lose ur propety.

Only where matta dey come wth dat system b say, persn ft bring collateral way no b en property or no b onli d persn get d property. Imagin dis woman nw na... why bank go jst carry loan giv am nd plus or minus, e go b like 400-500k na em dem giv am o. Na pure water dem expect am to hawk nd pay back?

Make dis banks no dey trap dis pple abeg, dem suppose help dem 2 help demselves.

That one no be excuse for she to go sell her pikin, wetin she use the 600k loan wey she collect do, this matter funny shall, to me sef I fit even say that woman no get conscience at all, or you even sure say na she born that baby wey she want sell to use repay loan?
E really baffle me say a mother go carry pikin for belle for nine months, born am finish, come go sell am all because she want repay loan of 600k omoh this story no clear at all to me, make Dem ask her well who get that pikin...

With the situation of the country now, the whole matter wey dey happen here and there person fit sell him soul just for money. And the so called government no dey do anything to help the bad economy instead them dey drag for political power. That woman fuck up and she has lost her right to be called a woman. I dey here about father's sell children as me no too reason that one because father's Dem no dey too care about their children. But a mother, aba no na she messed up.

Mother's are supposed to protect and fight for their children. Except na these modern generation girls wey run go carry belle and no know the meaning of pikin.
No matter the reason, a mother stays with their children and na my mama I take know. Even that times wey we no dey see food chop my mom go make sure say she use her last card buy food for use. She go come go sleep and she no go eat just to make sure say d food reach us.

Also the idea of borrowing money, people for our country no understand watin e mean to borrow money from lapo. If u no get work wey u dey do or wey u plan to do no try am go borrow money, it's unwise. How u wan take pay back, please we should all use our heads, Make palmpay no come knock for our door.lol

This should be a lesson for those people that love borrowing money without a good source of income that can clear up the loan before the piling up interest go even come pass the money wey you borrow. That woman no get sense,see na innocent pikin na e she use for the price of the loan. No be to born pikin be the problem but na to get that parental mentality say you are to make sure you carter,secure and see say your child grow up with good training. Some people go just born and feel say all don finish. The woman doesn't worth to be called a mother,because no be this her situation no be Ogbonni wey be say them go deceive you join them and as you do eneter no going back. She has every reason to say No to the devil.

It's an awful action she took, but then what are people not doing again, all for the sake of money? Had she not had the baby, she probably would have sold herself 😆. I know it can be really difficult at times, but people should learn to live a contented lifestyle, because some people are not contented with what they have and really want to live like others are living big, even if they can't afford it at the moment. They will want to borrow. With the economic situations, now is the time to handle every financial situation intelligently, so that debt will be lessened and also so that one will not find themselves in a pressuring financial situation and don't end up taking action that is not right.

There's a way that seems right unto a man but the end there off is destruction say's the Holy Book. What did she used the loan of such amount for, and how important was it to her at that time? These are questions only the woman knows well to answer. For we know the country is hard and that's why it's demanded of us to make wise decisions as it concerns money. There is no justification to selling a human being be it your child or not, she just have to face the full wrath of the law for such action.

A woman in Lagos has been arrested  for allegedly selling her own child for loan repayment. https://www.facebook.com/100068662700306/posts/pfbid02wJ4dCkxnhCP6p5eHek3sYzvEENGSdqw1xzCDxNwHiSBgA178hmZMoXZfmRLN7Rpl/?app=fbl

when I first read this story there were two observations that came into my mind as food for thought:

1. She was asked the reason for her actions. She said she wanted to repay a loan company, the loan repayment amount was 600,000 thousand naira, an insignificant amount not even enough to exchange a human being, no amount is even enough compared to a human being.

such action by a Mother exposes how hard the economy is really biting hard on the citizenry, for a mother to go through the process of pregnancy for 9 months and the pain of childbirth and yet still go ahead to sell her own child just to repay a loan, it's like taking us back to the slavery era in modern 21st'C.  

2. The second was in relation to how people take loans for ostentatious purposes such as birthday parties, wedding or luxurious living.  However as a human being, is always advisable to alway take loans for the purpose of financing projects with a Return-On-Investment potentials  you can use to pay back your loan.

Just because the opportunity  availed itself for you to borrow a certain amount you  know you cannot pay back, doesn't warrant you to jump on the opportunity, as it's rather not an opportunity in real sense but a debt trap.