Nigeria, June 14 -- The police in Ogun State have arrested one Blessing Ebuneku for allegedly selling her two daughters for N300,000.

According to a statement on Sunday by Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesperson, the woman was arrested following a complaint filed by the father of the children.

During interrogation, the suspect reportedly told the police that she sold her daughters because she "could not cater for them."

The police spokesperson said she sold her two daughters to a couple in Port-Harcourt who are said to be in "dire need of children."

The middleman who connected the suspect and the couple is also in custody, police said.

"A housewife, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro 35yrs, has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command...