Police arrest 17-year-old boy and accomplices for working for a baby factory
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Police have arrested 17-year-old Noble Uzuchi and Chigozie Ogbonna, 29, for allegedly working for a baby factory that pays N500,000 per baby born in a deal involving marathon sex with several girls, 10 of whom are pregnant.
Two female suspects, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40, the alleged leader of the syndicate, were also arrested – and the 10 pregnant girls rescued.
The four suspects allegedly operated in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre Councils in Rivers.
State police spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed in a statement issued in Port Harcourt the arrest followed a tip-off the command acted on.
“On Saturday, January 7, 2023, around 4.45pm, while acting on credible intelligence available to the Rivers State Police Command, C4I Intelligence Unit operatives raided two houses at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, where victims of child trafficking were being kept,” she disclosed.
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Babies previously delivered already sold off
The police said Uzuchi and Ogbonna were hired by the syndicate to have marathon sex with the girls and impregnate them, per reporting by The PUNCH.
“The victims rescued in the operation are 10, most of them pregnant.”
Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, said investigation revealed when a victim was delivered of a baby, the syndicate leader kept the child and paid her N500,000.
Some of the babies previously delivered in the houses have been sold, she added.
“All the victims confessed that they were lured to the illicit sale of children because of the need to meet some financial challenges. A Honda Pilot Jeep, white, was recovered from the syndicate leader.
“The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department and efforts are being intensified to track and arrest the buyers of the children already sold out.”