ANOTHER BABY FACTORY DISCOVERED IN IMO STATE

The Imo State Police Command yesterday continued with the clampdown on 'baby factories' with the rescue of 16 pregnant teenagers between the ages of 14 to 19 years from an illegal orphanage operated by a fake...

medical doctor, James Ezuma in the guise of a Non-Governmental
Organization.
Ezuma who is currently standing trial for alleged gun running, anchors
a registered NGO, the Ezuma Women and Children Rights Protection
Initiative (EWCRPI), a platform that shields his nefarious activities
from security operatives.
Briefing newsmen, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhammad Musa
Katsina, disclosed that "the NGO is a baby factory where teenage girls
are encouraged to get pregnant and paid N100, 000.00 on delivery to
abandon their babies who are eventually used for purposes ranging from
child trafficking to rituals".
He said that the Command is battling to unravel the whereabouts of a
new born baby that was forcefully snatched away from the teenage
mother, Nnachi Chinaza by the suspect who refused to disclose to the
Police who the baby was sold to.
"So far he has taken us to Abia state where he said the baby is but we
were unable to recover the baby, though investigations are still
ongoing, the presumption at the moment is that the baby may have been
used for ritual purposes", he stated.
The CP warned parents to keep an eye on their teenage girls to prevent
them from falling prey to child traffickers and baby factory
operators.
According to him, "It is pertinent to mention that the suspect was
arraigned before an Owerri Chief Magistrate Court 1 on November, 2013
for the offence of conspiracy and Unlawful possession of firearms.
"When a search was conducted on the premises, sixteen pregnant girls
between the ages of fourteen and nineteen were found; also recovered
was an automatic eight loader pump action gun which is a prohibited
firearm".
Speaking to journalists amid tears, the 19- year- old mother of the
missing child from Ebonyi State, said she was directed to come to the
home by a lady who promised she will be taken care of.
She said that her baby was taken away two hours after she put to bed
without her consent, "when I started disturbing him to give me my
baby, he gave me one hundred thousand naira instead".
The names of the rescued expectant mothers were given as Peace Effiong
(24 yrs. Rivers state), Rita Nnanna (25yrs. Anambra), Blessing Ubbah
(20yrs. Lagos), Joy Brown (19 yrs. Imo),Precious Anyadike (18yrs.
Lagos), Kelechi Wenwu (17yrs. Imo), Chidinma Okoro (19yrs. Enugu),
Iheekanma Onwubiko (21yrs. Imo), Chinyere Ibenime (20yrs. Imo), Nkiru
Alozie (16yrs. Abia), Nnachi Chinaza (19yrs. Ebonyi).
Others were Victoria Peter Udoh (16yrs. Akwa Ibom), Ngozi Ike (20yrs.
Rivers), Chika Eze (18 yrs. Abia), Jecila Nwonke (19yrs. Abia) and
Chinaza Samsom (14yrs. Abia).
Also recovered in the vast premises of the purported NGO were ten
exotic cars which include a green Jaguar Car with registration number
PD787 IKJ, a red Lincon Navigator with registration number, DN 494
ABC, ash Jaguar Car with registration number BT 929 GWA, white
Chrysler with reg. no RBC 335 AS, Red Chrysler with reg. no BH 168
GWA, white Chrysler with reg. no JZ 608 ABC, black Lincon Car with
reg. no EU 917 LND, ash Honda Jeep with reg. no EZ 388 ABJ and two
other unregistered cars, ash Nissan Quest and Nissan Partfinder Jeep.