Police burst baby factory in Ogun, rescue 12 girls
A suspected baby factory located at the Imedu Olori area of Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun state has been uncovered by the police.
The baby factory which is owned by one Florence Ogbonna, was uncovered on February 28, after a girl, who had been held captive there escaped and alerted the Mowe Police Division.
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While 12 young girls between the ages of 20 and 25 were rescued from the home, two male suspects, Chibuke Akabueze and Chibuzor Okafor, were also arrested.
Police investigation revealed that the owner of the home hired the young men to sleep with the girls and get them pregnant. When the girls give birth, the babies are taken away and sold by Ogbonna.
Commenting on the discovery, the Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi said: “ The girl who escaped from the home told the police that the owner of the criminal home, Florence Ogbonna, lured her and other girls into the home and usually contract the service of some able body men to sleep with the girls and impregnate them.
“Immediately, any of them gave birth to a baby, such baby will be taken away by the said Florence Ogbonna to an unknown place.
“Upon her report, the Divisional Police Officer, Mowe Division, Marvis Jayeola, mobilized his detectives to the scene where 12 ladies between the ages of 20 to 25 years were rescued with six amongst them heavily pregnant.”
Oyeyemi said the State Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti – Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for discreet investigation.
“The commissioner of police equally directed that the victims be kept in safe and protective custody pending when they will be re-united with their respective families,” the Oyeyemi said.
