Peace Oladapo 
The Bauchi State Police Command has taken into custody one 49-year-old Yusuf Umar for attempting to sell off his 5-year-old daughter for N1.5 million.
New Telegraph gathered that the suspect was arrested in a hotel in Bauchi, following a tip-off from the public.
According to the police investigation, Umar had previously planned to hand up the child to an unknown individual, unknowing that the potential buyer was an undercover police detective.
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“On the 26th of May 2024, the accused to the infant 5-year-old daughter from the estranged wife in Warji LGA under the pretence that he would take her to his sister in Bauchi town.
“Unknown to the mother, he had already arranged to hand the daughter to an unknown person not knowing that he is a police detective,” the Commissioner of Police in Bauchi Auwal Mohammed said.
