Baby Factory Discovered In Abia State, Sells Babies For N400,000 – N450,000

The Imo state Police have apprehended a child trafficking group which operates a Baby Factory in Abia state. Members of this group allegedly snatched two babies in a hospital in Oru East Local Government Area, Imo State. It was reported that the babes , male and female were forcefully taken from the hospital.

Parading the suspects, at the police headquarters in Owerri yesterday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Vitalis Onugu, stated that the suspects, after stealing the two children, sold them to a woman who operates a social home.

Onugu alleged that the woman later resold the children to two other people at the cost of N450,000 and N400,000, saying that the male child was later recovered from a woman in Lagos State.

The suspect, who bought the babies from those who snatched them from the hospital, claimed that she did not know that the children were stolen.

She revealed that: "When they brought the children to me, they told me that they were orphans and that their parents were dead. So, I bought the babies from them for N450,000."

According to her, she has been in the business of trading in babies for the past eight years, accepting that she sold the male child for N450,000 and the female child for N400,000.

She added: "Since I started, I have sold 25 babies.

"I had 30 babies initially, but only five babies are left, but I make sure that I sold them to responsible people who will take good care of them."