Eight pregnant ladies including teenage girls have

been rescued by the Ogun State police command at

an alleged baby making factory located at number

9 Sebanjo Crescent, off Fabolude Busstop, Akute

area of Ifo local government of Ogun State.

The police also arrested a middle aged man and a

26 year old woman running the factory.

While parading the suspects at the Ajuwon

Divisional Police Headquarters, the Ogun State

Commissioner of Police, Mr Ikemefuna Okoye,

described the development as inhuman, insisting

that the command would get to the root of the

matter.

The suspects are expected to be transferred to the

state criminal investigation department for through

investigations.

The structure which housed the hostages appeared

as residential building but the latest discovery by

the police revealed that a baby making factory was

domiciled in the house, where teenage girls were

made to part with their babies after delivery and a

token given.

The 26 year old woman, Angela Chigoeze, who

claimed to be operating a divine herbal clinic, has

been arrested as the one in charge of the illicit

operation which sold babies for an alleged sum of

300,000 Naira (about 1,800 dollars).

“If they give birth, I will sell the child for 300,000. I

sell it to women that cannot give birth,” she said.

The state’s Commissioner of Police said the arrest

was made possible through information by some

residents, adding that the police was on the trail of

other accomplices.

Baby factory is gradually becoming a business in

Nigeria, as there have been discovery of similar

factories in the eastern part of Nigeria.

The discovery of a baby factory in Imo State in

December 2013 led to the banning of all non-

governmental organization operating under the

platform of motherless babies’ home.

About 24 persons were also arrested in January at

a Baby factory uncovered in Ilu-Titun , a town in

Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State by

the Officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service in

the state.