SAN FRANCISCO, December 02, (THEWILL) – Police have rescued six women and four children from a baby factory, located at the Ofada area of Mowe, in Ogun State.
Spokesperson of the state Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, while parading the girls and a man suspected to have been the one impregnating them, told newsmen in Abeokuta that one of the girls who could not do what was being asked of her narrowly escaped from the home.
She later reported at the Owode-Egba Police Headquarters upon which the factory was promptly busted to rescue the victims – 10 people, including four kids and six women, four of whom are pregnant.
He said the women told police that the owner hired men to impregnate them and then sell the newborns for profit.
Oyeyemi said two suspects, a physically challenged man and the daughter of the owner of the clinic, were arrested.
Oyeyemi said the operator of the baby factory, Nwademma Motherless Home, Mrs Florence, who is now on the run had once been arrested for the same criminal act and charged to court after which she was granted bail.
“She was once arrested by Ogun State police, she was paraded and had been standing trial for human trafficking after her arrest early this year but she was on bail when she went back to her usual business”, she added.
Abimbola assured that the fleeing suspect would be arrested as soon as possible.
One of the victims, Chidera Onoha, explained that she was already pregnant when the fleeing suspect lured her to the factory on a promise to get her a menial job at a restaurant in Lagos.
“When I arrived the home in Mowe,” she recounted, “I met other young ladies who were pregnant. When I inquired to know the purpose of being there, they disclosed to me that the woman had brought me over because of the baby in my womb.”
According to her, “The day I got to the home, the woman collected my phone and removed the SIM and battery to prevent people from calling me.
“She said I would have to sell my baby for exchange of N250,000 if the baby is a boy and N200,000 if the baby is a girl.
“I am not ready to let go off my baby and ran away from the home.”
