The Special Security
outfit, Operation
Akpakwu, set up by
Governor Ben Ayade of
Cross River have
busted a baby making
factory in Calabar
South.


At the factory located
at Usoro Street close
the Calabar south local
government secretariat
in Anantigha, the team
rescued 24 pregnant
girls, 11 children and
arrested two suspect's.


The two suspects are
couples just as the
children are between 6
months to 3 years old.
An official of the 13
Brigade Military Police,
Stanley Ikpeme, on
behalf of the Brigade
Commander Brigadier
General Muhammed
Abdullahi, handed over
the suspects, alongside
the pregnant girls and
children were handed
over to officials of the
National Agency for the
Prohibition of
Trafficking in Persons,
NAPTIP.


Speaking while receiving
the suspects, the head
of Operations NAPTIP,
Oba Jacob, said the
agency has the
responsibility to not
just prosecute but to
rehabilitate and
reintegrate the victims
back to the society.
He said the task of
eliminating child
trafficking and
Trafficking in Persons is
a collective one and
sought support from
the public.


“On behalf of my state
commander, I am
taking over the
suspects, the 24
victims and their kids
and will ensure the
victims and taken care
of and the suspects
properly prosecuted
after investigation.


“As an agency, we have
the responsibility to
arrest, prosecute, and
also counsel the
victims, rehabilitate and
reintegrate them into
the society.


“We implore members
of the public to
intimate us with any
information they have
about crimes like this
because we want to do
our to ensure we
reduce them to the
barest minimum if not
totally eradicated”, he
said.


One of the suspects
Fidelia Edem denied
knowledge of the
factory and called for
investigation.


Also speaking, one of
the pregnant girls
Grace said “my
husband pursued me
from the house when
he discovered I am
pregnant.


“A friend of man told
me about this place
that they will take care
of me till I deliver”, she
said.


Another girl, Loveth
said “they are taking
care of me and giving
me N2000 per week. I
went there because
they will take care of
me and I did not want
to abort the baby” she
said.