The police in Abia State , South-east Nigeria, say they
have busted a suspected “baby factory” in Aba, the
commercial hub of the state.
The police spokesperson in Abia State, Maureen
Chinaka, disclosed this during a press briefing on
Friday in Umuahia, the state capital.
The text of the press briefing was forwarded to
PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday.
Ms Chinaka, an assistant superintendent of police,
said 16 pregnant girls, aged between 17 and 27
years, were rescued during the operation.
FIRS
She said 13 of the rescued pregnant girls hail from
Akwa Ibom State, South-south Nigeria, while two
others come from Cross River, another state in the
South-south.
One of the girls hails from Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s
South-east.
The spokesperson said the operation was conducted
on Thursday night by police operatives from the
Rapid Response Squad in the state.
She said the operatives also rescued eight children,
comprising five males and three females, from the
“baby factory”.
The eight children were aged between two and 11
years.
Arrest of suspects
Ms Chinaka said two suspects – a woman and a man
– allegedly harbouring the girls at the “baby factory”
have been arrested by the police.
The police spokesperson identified the suspects as 29-
year-old woman, Onyinyechi Okoro, and 32-year-old
man, Ekene Okezie.
She said while Mrs Okoro hails from Ihechiowa
Community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of
Abia State, Mr Okezie is from Aro-Ndizuogu, a
community in Ideato North Local Government Area of
Imo State.
“Discrete investigation is ongoing,” she said.
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‘Baby factories’ in Nigeria
“Baby factory,” sometimes disguised as an
orphanage, is a name given to a facility where
traffickers hold women, mostly teenagers, against
their will, rape and force them to get pregnant.
The newborns at the facility are then sold illegally to
adoptive parents.
Girls in such a facility are sometimes forced into
child labour and prostitution.
A recent investigation uncovered how a supposed
Christian orphanage in Anambra State, another state
in the South-east, was illegally selling babies between
N1.5 million and N2 million, depending on a baby’s
gender.
The investigation also revealed how the sales were
executed with the collusion of some officials of the
Nigerian police and the judiciary.
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Ipobbs and baby Factory

Mannabbqgrîlls using his Birnin Kebbi moniker to do mischief. Ride on o.

RepoMan007:
Mannabbqgrîlls using his Birnin Kebbi moniker to do mischief. Rude on o.

so this police effort is mischief