24 pregnant women rescued from baby factory in Calabar
The women, including 11 children, were rescued by Operation Akpakwu, a security outfit set up by the Cross River State Government.
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Twenty-four pregnant women, 11 children have been rescued from a suspected baby factory in Calabar, Cross River State, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
The rescue operation was carried out by a security outfit, Operation Akpakwu, set up by the Cross River State Government.
Two suspects were arrested in the operation.
The Officer Commanding 13 Brigade Provost, Stanley Ikepeme, on Wednesday, handed over the victims and the suspects, on behalf of the 13 Brigade Commander, Mohammed Abdullahi, a brigadier-general, to the officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).