Soldiers from the 82nd Division of the Nigerian
Army bust a notorious “baby factory” in the Gariki
area of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State. The
operators made it look like a hospital, sources say.
A unit of soldiers raided the location after one of
its victims tipped off the army.
The informant who exposed the factory was a
young woman, who had managed to escape the
“breeding ground”. Soldiers found at least 10
pregnant girls held hostage awaiting childbirth.
According to the source, after the women delivered,
their babies were taken from them by the operators
of the baby factory and sold. The escaped victim
said she had been introduced to a woman
identified as a “nurse,” who was to assist her
deliver her baby. She gave birth a month later.
Soon after she could stand on her own, she was
told to go take a shower. When she returned to the
delivery room, her newborn baby had vanished.
The “nurse” offered her N120,000 and told her that
her baby had been given to a couple who could
not have children.
The ‘factory’ operator identified as Chinyere Nome
was arrested and handed over to the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
(NAPTIP), and soldiers from 103 Battalion rescued
10 other women locked up inside a high-fenced
compound in Gariki, Awkunanaw, Enugu South
LGA, Enugu State.
They said no-one coming into the facility left
without first giving birth. “Any girl who came in
would not be allowed to go outside again until
after delivery,” one victim said.
Soldiers used a decoy-a woman who pretended to
be pregnant and looking for a nurse to help her
get an abortion. The operator opened the door and
the soldiers, hidden inside a tinted bus, charged at
the building, weapons drawn.
Having gained access into the heavily secured
facility, the soldiers saw a mini-clinic and several
young women at various stages of pregnancy.
Three of the women were within five days of
delivery at the time of the rescue.
A source said the operator of the factory sold each
baby for between N300,000 to N400,000.
In Enugu State, the Police Command also raided a
“baby factory” and arrested nine pregnant girls.
The operation, carried out by the 9th Mile Division
of the Nigeria Police Force, took the police to a
baby factory located within Etiti Amankwo Ngwo of
9th mile, Udi local government Area of Enugu
state. The factory is allegedly owned and operated
by one Ikechukwu Onoh of Etiti Amakwo Ngwo in
Udi LGA of Enugu State.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the
State, DSP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the
arrest, said the pregnant women and girls later
gave their names as: Stella James, 19, from
Ohaozara, Ebonyi State; Eze Jennifer, 19, from
Obukpa in Nsukka, Enugu; Ugwu Christabel, 17,
from Aku Igboetiti, Enugu; Happiness Mbaonu, 17,
from Nnewi, Anambra; Ovunna Ifeoma, 20, from
Ezza, Ebonyi. Others include Esther Nwankwo, 21,
from Nkalagu, Ebonyi; Onyedika Agu, 23, from
Isuawa Awgu, Enugu; Blessing James, 23, from
Ohafia, Abia; and Chibueze Ujunwa, 24, from
Nenwenta Aninri, Enugu. They are said to be
helping police investigations.
Amaraizu said the factory owner claimed he “got a
provisional approval in October 2007 from ministry
of women affairs and social development Enugu
State to admit and shelter pregnant women in his
hospital called ‘Tex Hospital and maternity home’,”
and that the hospital is no longer functional, hence
he is now running the home from his house.
“He also admitted that under the authority, he was
supposed to inform the social development and
women affairs within 24 hours of admitting any
pregnant woman.”
Some of the girls claimed that they were raped by
unknown persons, but that they found relief in the
home. One said she could not report her rape to
her parents until her pregnancy set in; they said
she was left with two options: be forced to marry
an old man or leave the family. Her search for help
through a relation directed to the baby factory.
Incessant raids and closure of illegal breeding
homes had put a tight squeeze on so-called baby
factories in nearby Imo State. The illegal business
mushrooms around parts of the state under cover
of orphanages, tactically harbouring pregnant
teenage girls, who are settled with paltry
compensation after they give birth. Operators give
out the same babies at higher amounts.
Despite repeated raids, the boom continued to
grow. It burst when operatives of Nigeria Security
and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Imo State
Command, arrested and paraded four pregnant
teenagers from an orphanage used as baby
factory. They also rescued 17 babies.
NSCDC commandant in Imo, Pedro Idiba, in Owerri
admitted his men were tipped-off. They stormed
the orphanage, known as Jihovah Jireh, located in
Orlu at about 9:30am on October 2 and rescued
the victims.
Idiba said the names of the teenage girls involved
include Onyedikachi Obialor, Oluchi Uzoma, Hope
Ndukwu and Ogechi Njoku. The commandant who
was unhappy about the development also said that
a two-week-old baby delivered by one of girls,
Kasarachi, was among the babies rescued from the
supposed orphanage.
A search uncovered an expired licence for the
orphanage dated 2007 belonging to a local
government council staff in Orlu named Cecelia
Egemole. The location was used as maternity
amongst other purposes, rendering it unhealthy,
said Idiba. He also said that a nanny who is an
elder sister to the proprietress Felicia Egemole
confessed that some of the girls come to the
orphanage to deliver their babies and leave them
behind.
Also, barely few weeks ago, another ‘baby factory’
located at Orsu LGA of Imo State was also
smashed by policemen, where four pregnant teens
were rescued. Imo State Police Command Public
Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem said that the
recent arrest of the operators of the illegal
establishment to clean up illegal orphanages in the
state. The government has directed security
operatives not to hesitate to flush out such illegal
homes in any part of the state.
Governor Rochas Okorocha had in a recent press
interaction, stated the resolve of his administration
not to condone such inimical practices in the
state. A special committee has also been set up to
monitor in and around the state to uncover
orphanages. But the question remains: Is that
enough to stop the return of ‘baby factories’? Only
time will tell.
http://dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/a-painful-return-to-baby-factories/116263.html
lalasticlala

Haa yeeboe!
Awon omo ale jati-jati ti ko ni iran.
I no blame them o, cos naso them take buy all of them.
I find it hard to believe how a woman will be held for "nine months" by baby trafickers?
She no get family ni?!
All of them are criminals.
Smh.

januzaj:
Soldiers from the 82nd Division of the Nigerian
Army bust a notorious “baby factory” in the Gariki
area of Enugu, the capital of Enugu State. The
operators made it look like a hospital, sources say.
A unit of soldiers raided the location after one of
its victims tipped off the army.
The informant who exposed the factory was a
young woman, who had managed to escape the
“breeding ground”. Soldiers found at least 10
pregnant girls held hostage awaiting childbirth.
According to the source, after the women delivered,
their babies were taken from them by the operators
of the baby factory and sold. The escaped victim
said she had been introduced to a woman
identified as a “nurse,” who was to assist her
deliver her baby. She gave birth a month later.
Soon after she could stand on her own, she was
told to go take a shower. When she returned to the
delivery room, her newborn baby had vanished.
The “nurse” offered her N120,000 and told her that
her baby had been given to a couple who could
not have children.
The ‘factory’ operator identified as Chinyere Nome
was arrested and handed over to the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons
(NAPTIP), and soldiers from 103 Battalion rescued
10 other women locked up inside a high-fenced
compound in Gariki, Awkunanaw, Enugu South
LGA, Enugu State.
They said no-one coming into the facility left
without first giving birth. “Any girl who came in
would not be allowed to go outside again until
after delivery,” one victim said.
Soldiers used a decoy-a woman who pretended to
be pregnant and looking for a nurse to help her
get an abortion. The operator opened the door and
the soldiers, hidden inside a tinted bus, charged at
the building, weapons drawn.
Having gained access into the heavily secured
facility, the soldiers saw a mini-clinic and several
young women at various stages of pregnancy.
Three of the women were within five days of
delivery at the time of the rescue.
A source said the operator of the factory sold each
baby for between N300,000 to N400,000.
In Enugu State, the Police Command also raided a
“baby factory” and arrested nine pregnant girls.
The operation, carried out by the 9th Mile Division
of the Nigeria Police Force, took the police to a
baby factory located within Etiti Amankwo Ngwo of
9th mile, Udi local government Area of Enugu
state. The factory is allegedly owned and operated
by one Ikechukwu Onoh of Etiti Amakwo Ngwo in
Udi LGA of Enugu State.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the
State, DSP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the
arrest, said the pregnant women and girls later
gave their names as: Stella James, 19, from
Ohaozara, Ebonyi State; Eze Jennifer, 19, from
Obukpa in Nsukka, Enugu; Ugwu Christabel, 17,
from Aku Igboetiti, Enugu; Happiness Mbaonu, 17,
from Nnewi, Anambra; Ovunna Ifeoma, 20, from
Ezza, Ebonyi. Others include Esther Nwankwo, 21,
from Nkalagu, Ebonyi; Onyedika Agu, 23, from
Isuawa Awgu, Enugu; Blessing James, 23, from
Ohafia, Abia; and Chibueze Ujunwa, 24, from
Nenwenta Aninri, Enugu. They are said to be
helping police investigations.
Amaraizu said the factory owner claimed he “got a
provisional approval in October 2007 from ministry
of women affairs and social development Enugu
State to admit and shelter pregnant women in his
hospital called ‘Tex Hospital and maternity home’,”
and that the hospital is no longer functional, hence
he is now running the home from his house.
“He also admitted that under the authority, he was
supposed to inform the social development and
women affairs within 24 hours of admitting any
pregnant woman.”
Some of the girls claimed that they were raped by
unknown persons, but that they found relief in the
home. One said she could not report her rape to
her parents until her pregnancy set in; they said
she was left with two options: be forced to marry
an old man or leave the family. Her search for help
through a relation directed to the baby factory.
Incessant raids and closure of illegal breeding
homes had put a tight squeeze on so-called baby
factories in nearby Imo State. The illegal business
mushrooms around parts of the state under cover
of orphanages, tactically harbouring pregnant
teenage girls, who are settled with paltry
compensation after they give birth. Operators give
out the same babies at higher amounts.
Despite repeated raids, the boom continued to
grow. It burst when operatives of Nigeria Security
and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Imo State
Command, arrested and paraded four pregnant
teenagers from an orphanage used as baby
factory. They also rescued 17 babies.
NSCDC commandant in Imo, Pedro Idiba, in Owerri
admitted his men were tipped-off. They stormed
the orphanage, known as Jihovah Jireh, located in
Orlu at about 9:30am on October 2 and rescued
the victims.
Idiba said the names of the teenage girls involved
include Onyedikachi Obialor, Oluchi Uzoma, Hope
Ndukwu and Ogechi Njoku. The commandant who
was unhappy about the development also said that
a two-week-old baby delivered by one of girls,
Kasarachi, was among the babies rescued from the
supposed orphanage.
A search uncovered an expired licence for the
orphanage dated 2007 belonging to a local
government council staff in Orlu named Cecelia
Egemole. The location was used as maternity
amongst other purposes, rendering it unhealthy,
said Idiba. He also said that a nanny who is an
elder sister to the proprietress Felicia Egemole
confessed that some of the girls come to the
orphanage to deliver their babies and leave them
behind.
Also, barely few weeks ago, another ‘baby factory’
located at Orsu LGA of Imo State was also
smashed by policemen, where four pregnant teens
were rescued. Imo State Police Command Public
Relations Officer, Andrew Enwerem said that the
recent arrest of the operators of the illegal
establishment to clean up illegal orphanages in the
state. The government has directed security
operatives not to hesitate to flush out such illegal
homes in any part of the state.
Governor Rochas Okorocha had in a recent press
interaction, stated the resolve of his administration
not to condone such inimical practices in the
state. A special committee has also been set up to
monitor in and around the state to uncover
orphanages. But the question remains: Is that
enough to stop the return of ‘baby factories’? Only
time will tell.
http://dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/a-painful-return-to-baby-factories/116263.html
lalasticlala

bad belle personification will lead to memory degradation . continuous brain cell decay t

What is baby factory?? a system whereby teenagers who mistakenly gets pregnant will be taken care of untill they deliver and their baby given out for adoption thereby reducing street urchins and its attendant social implications is what has been criminalised as baby factory do u want the east to be littered with "born throway" like most other part of the country

Quite painful.