At a baby factory in Abia State, the owner buys a baby boy for N100,000 and a baby girl for N80,000, which she sells to interested buyers at N450,000 and N400,000 respectively. Ihugwe is an isolated community in Umuozuo, Osisioma LGA of Abia State, but it is well known to clients interesting in buying new born babies for various reasons.
Most of the teenagers rescued were girls kicked out by their parents after becoming pregnant out of wedlock. The owner of the house will accept such girls, take care of them for the entire duration of their pregnancy and enter into an agreement to sell the babies after giving birth to them. It was also learnt that after giving birth, those interested can remain behind and be made pregnant again.
After giving birth, the teenagers will be paid N100,000, for a baby boy and N80,000 for a baby girl by the proprietor who will sell the babies to interested clients. “The owner of the maternity home sells a baby boy for N450,000, and a girl for N400,000,”
And when the men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NCSDC) in Abia busted the facility last week, 32 pregnant teenagers were rescued, while the proprietor and two others were arrested. The Public Relations Officer of NSCDC in Abia State, Victor Ogbonna, told Weekly Trust.
