Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Grace Onome, for allegedly selling her two-year-old child in the Badagry area of the state.

Onome was arrested with four accomplices, who allegedly aided the sale of the girl, by the Badagry Police Division after a tip-off.

The suspect who worked as a commercial sex worker in the Mobil area of Badagry, allegedly sold Zainab to another sex worker, identified only as Endurance.

Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed Onome’s arrest, said efforts were ongoing to track the suspected buyer of the girl.

Badmos, a Superintendent of Police, said the mother of the girl had confessed to be a commercial sex worker.

A child rights’ worker, Ebenezer Omejalile, said a request had been made to the police to have the case transferred to the Gender Unit, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for more investigation.