The Lagos State Police command has uncovered a factory where babies are produced and sold to interested buyers. No fewer than 19 pregnant women were rescued by detectives when the factory was raided.
According to a statement made by Bala Elkana, the Lagos police spokesperson, the pregnant girls are between 15 and 28 years old.
According to Elkana, detectives from Isheri-Osun Police Station led by the Divisional Police Officer, Chike Ibe, acted on information from a reliable source which led to the arrest of the suspects.
“The pregnant women were brought from Rivers, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Abia and Imo states,” he said.
The young women were said to have been abducted by the suspects for the purpose of raping them, getting them pregnant and selling the babies to potential buyers.
The girls were reportedly told they would be employed as domestic staff in Lagos before they were held hostage.
An investigation is ongoing and the suspects will be charged to court soon, the police said.
