A Baby factory has been uncovered by Anambra State Police Command-Onitsha, where women with unwanted pregnancies are kept till deliver, after which the babies are sold to interested buyers at prices up to N700,000.00 with or without the mother's consent.
Vanguard reported that the owner of the baby factory, who is from Imo State and whose name was withheld by the police for security reasons, was alleged to have opened a maternity home at Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State where she nurtured the babies after birth and then sell them to prospective buyers.
A source said she ran out of luck when she sold one of the babies without the mother's consent in August. Adaku-mother of the sold baby contacted one of her cousins who lodged a complaint at Police Area Command Headquarters, Onitsha, after all effort to find out the where about of the suspect-who disappeared with Adaku's baby were futile as her line was switched off.
Consequently, the suspect-owner of the baby factory was later arrested and detained by the police. She confessed that she sold Adaku's baby to someone at Obosi for N700,000.00, where the baby boy was recovered and was released to his mother.
The Police Area Commander for Onitsha, Benjamin Wordu-Assistant Commissioner of Police and the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Uche Ezehwho confirmed the arrest. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department, CID, Awka, for further investigations, Benjamin Wordu disclosed.
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