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According to reports, her neighbours alerted the police that she might have sold the baby when they stopped seeing the child with her.
She was subsequently arrested and on Friday was charged with engaging in prostitution and selling her child before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The prosecutor, Kehinde Omisakin, told the court that Blessing sold the child on June 30 at about 6pm in the Abattoir area of the town to Mr and Mrs Philips who both live in Oron, Akwa Ibom State.
Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias, ordered that the accused should be remanded in police custody pending her bail application.
The Punch reports that the case has been adjourned till August 23 for hearing on the bail application.
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