NIS Discovers `Baby Factory’
In Ondo State NAN — January 30, 2014 The Nigeria Immigration Service, Ondo
State Command, said on Thursday it
had discovered a ‘baby factory’ in Ilu-
tuntun, Okitipupa Local Government Area
of the state. The command told newsmen in Akure
that 19 men and women who were
allegedly cohabiting and producing
children for the owner of the ‘factory’
were arrested. They comprised eight men and 11
women and the owner of the factory. Five of the women were carrying
children, while another five were found
pregnant. The Comptroller of the command, Alhaji
Al-Hassan Musa, said “we were able to
arrest these people by acting on a tip-off
we got from Abuja.” “A circular emanating from the
headquarters informed us that an
operator of a baby factory in Imo State
has relocated to somewhere in Ondo
State. “We swung into action and our
investigations led us to Ilu-tuntun where
we arrested these people. “Our investigations also revealed that the
operator, who was said to be in
connivance with a Camerounian, has
another such factory in Ore, Odigbo
Local Government Area of Ondo State,”
he said. The comptroller also said that the culprits
would be handed over to the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in
Persons and Other Related Offences
(NAPTIP) in Lagos. However, some of the suspects and the
alleged proprietor, who spoke with
newsmen, denied the allegations, saying
they were all members of a family.(NAN)