Another baby factory discovered by Anambra State Police in Onitsha

Another baby factory was busted by Anambra State Police Command in Onitsha. The police arrested the owner of the baby factory for supposedly selling one of the new- born babies to yet-to-be identified person at Obosi for N700,000 without the consent of his mother. She was alleged to have opened a maternity home at Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. At this place women take care of the babies after birth and then the owner sells them to interested buyers with or without their mothers’ consents.

The case began when the suspect had sent the mother of the baby, identified as Adaku, to bring a gallon of water to bath the newborn. When Adaku returned both of them were missing. One week later, the owner of the baby factory was back, but without the baby.

Benjamin Wordu, the Police Area Commander for Onitsha, confirmed the arrest and said he had just 

transferred the case to the State Criminal Investigations Department, CID, Awka, for further investigations, after that she would be charged to court.

He also revealed that the newborn had been freed to his mother.

Baby factories are a big problem for the country. They keep springing up all over Nigeria, particulary Eastern part, as fast as the law administration agencies are shutting down the discovered ones.

The government should upgrade the adoption laws and regulations and employ and train more officers to conduct, regulate and supervise adoptions. Many Nigerian girls who submit to illegal abortions should be enlightened about the adoption alternative, which helps to solve this problem.