The Nigeria Immigration Service, Ondo State Command, info
rmed on January 30, 2014, Thursday, it had discovered a ‘baby factory’ in Ilu-tuntun, Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state.
The command told newsmen in Akure that a total of 19 men and women, who were allegedly cohabiting and producing children for the owner of the ‘factory’, were arrested.
They comprised 8 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 NIS got a tip-off from Abuja, and, therefore, was able to raid the ‘baby factory’.
“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 Cameroonian, has another such factory in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State,” he said.
The Comptroller also added 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 the newsmen, denied the allegations, maintanined they were all members of a family.
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