NSCDC blew up a baby factory in Lagos where babies were being sold for N1 million

Officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Lagos State Command, have raided a baby factory in Okuju, Ilado, Badagry area of ​​state.

The operatives said they rescued 18 pregnant women and 10 children, and arrested the alleged operators of the facility, namely Joy Okeke and Raphael Agwu.

The Lagos State NSCDC Commander, Adedotun Keshinro, disclosed this during a parade of victims and suspects at their Badagry office.

One of the victims said there was an agreement that he would be paid one million Naira. Others said his was a N1.8 million deal.

Meanwhile, according to Keshinro, the operation was carried out based on intelligence actions that lasted for three weeks.

Keshinro said, “They operate baby factories where victims are made pregnant. When the babies are born, they are sold.

“The suspects persuaded the pregnant victim to come and negotiated with them that when they gave birth to the baby, the baby would be taken from them and they would be paid.

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“When they give birth to the babies, the babies will be taken from them to sell to their customers, and the victims will be compensated.

“There were 18 victims who were heavily pregnant, but one of them had a miscarriage. So, 17 of them were pregnant. And there are still more babies there who are already big, and they are also here in the negotiation stage to be sold to interested buyers.”

“We will hand over the place, a large flat containing many rooms, to the state government. The state government may decide to demolish the place so that they cannot continue to use it for such activities.”

The NSCDC commander said they would be handed over to the police for prosecution, while the victims would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP.

Meanwhile, Okeke, the chief operator of the facility, told journalists that he adopts children for those who do not have children.

Okeke said: “We adopt children to give to those who don’t have children. I have been doing this for several months.

“I moved here from Ikorodu looking for a bigger apartment. We were in Ikorodu before. We both operated this place.”

He refused to talk further, saying: “I can talk further when my lawyer is here. I don’t want to talk any more. I don’t want to talk any more. I don’t want to talk any more.”

“If you interrogate me, my lawyer must be present.”

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