baby factory raid in Abia

The war against child trafficking recorded huge success yesterday following the raid of a baby factory by the Abia state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.No fewer than 19 pregnant young women were rescued from the home located at Umunkpeyi in Isiala Ngwa South local government area of the state.Security operatives have continued to clamp down on baby factories in the state especially Aba where a popular hospital was recently demolished by government for alleged involvement in the illegal deal.Parading the rescued girls and some of the workers in the baby factory, Abia state commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Andy Dateer, said the arrest was made possible following a tip-off.Apart from the 19 pregnant inmates, NSCDC said three babies aged two were also rescued along with four social workers and four young men who were arrested at the premises.According to him, the operators of the home keep young women with unwanted pregnancy in the premises and sell off their babies as soon as they are delivered of them.He added that the owner of the baby factory still at large also arrange with some men “who impregnate the girls and after delivery their babies are sold,while they are given peanuts.”Dateer said that he decided to parade the rescued girlsand the suspects, “to tell thepeople of Abia state that such peopleexist in the state and since the state is God’s own state, suchoperations are not supposed to work here.”The NSCDC boss said he had hinted the police, women affairs department, office ofHer Excellency, as well as the governor about the development.He, however said one of the pregnant women had been rushed to the hospital following her critical health condition, adding that the Command in partnership with the relevant authorities, will monitor the re- unification of the inmates with their families for proper care.Speaking with journalists, some of the inmates who said they hailed from neighboring states, lamented that they had not been fed for the last two days.They regretted their actions but blamed it on Satan, poverty and lack of parental care.