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The police in Anambra State have raided a baby factory in Oba, in the Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
Eight women, including five who were pregnant, were arrested during the operation.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, said the women were arrested in the house of one Melvina Uba.
Mohammed said eight children, including five newly-born babies, were rescued during the operation.
He gave names of the suspects as Edna Nnadi, 37; Ujunwa Nweke, 25; Izuchukwu Uba, 24; Chinaza Ibeh, 19; Peace Effiong, 25; and Gift Collins, 20.
Others are Chimkaso Kingsley, 25; Happiness Monday,18; Chioma Okonkwo, 25; and Uchechukwu Nwankwo,18.
There suspects are: Edna Nnadi, 37 years, Ujunwa Nweke, 25years ,Izuchukwu Uba, 24 years and Chinaza Ibeh, 19years.
Others include; Peace Okon Effiong, aged 25years, Gift Collins, ‘f’, aged 20years, Chimkaso Kingsley, ‘f’, aged 25years, Happiness Monday, 18years,Chioma Okonkwo, 25years and,Uchechukwu Nwankwo, aged 18years .
They were arrested on 26/1/2021 at about 7:am,following an intelligence report.
Confirming the rescue and the arrest, Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, CSP Haruna Mohammed said police operatives attached to the SIB and Area Command, Oraifite, coordinated by the Area Commander, ACP Afolabi Wilfred, raided the house of one Melvina Uju Uba located opposite Nnamdi Azikiwe Orthopedic Teaching Hospital Oba in Idemili South local government area of the State, and arrested the suspects.
Human trafficking: Police rescue five babies, arrest 10 suspects
The rescued children would be handed over to a government ministry for proper care, the police said.
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The Police in Anambra State said they have uncovered a ‘baby factory’ where young pregnant women are kept and their babies sold by human traffickers.
The police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Awka, said 10 suspects were arrested and five newborn babies rescued.
Mr Haruna, a chief superintendent of police, said three other children have been rescued in a house, in a coordinated raid, at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
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The Police in Anambra State have rescued five newborn babies and three other children from an apartment suspected to be used a baby factory.
It was gathered that the apartment located opposite Nnamdi Azikiwe Orthopedic Teaching Hospital Oba, in Idemili South Local Government Area of the state was raided following a tip-off.
Tribune Online reports that teenage girls were being impregnated and the babies were being sold out by the human traffickers.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Haruna Mohammed, said:
“The suspects; Edna Nnadi, ‘f’, aged 37 years, Ujunwa Nweke, ‘f’, aged 25 years, Izuchukwu Uba, ‘f’, aged 24 years, Chinaza Ibeh, ‘f’, aged 19 years, Peace Okon Effiong, ‘f’, aged 25 years, Gift Collins, ‘f’, aged 20 years, Chimkaso Kingsley, ‘f’, aged 25 years, Happiness Monday, ‘f’, aged 18 years, Chioma Okonkwo, ‘f’, aged 25 years and Uchechukwu Nwankwo, ‘f
The kidnapped spokesperson of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mrs Bridget Esene, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her abductors after her release.
Recall that Mrs Esene was kidnapped by five armed men who trailed her to her church at Ikhueniro, a community in Benin City on Sunday, January 24.
Following her kidnap, the Police swung into action to secure her release from her abductors.
However, the Spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, on Tuesday said Mrs Esene was released at about 4 pm.
Nwabuzor failed to state if any ransom was paid for her release.