Men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Ondo state Command have uncovered a notorious baby factory syndicate in Ilu Tuntun in Okitipupa Local Government area of the state. The agency arrested 24 suspects during the invasion.
The illegal baby factory, reportedly owned by 45-year-old Happiness Ogundeji , a.ka Mama Phorta, was discovered by the anti-trafficking detectives after several months of surveillance and intelligence gathering.
The occupants of the house where the illegal business was being run, were caught unawares by the security agents who invaded their premises in the early hours of Wednesday, where five young pregnant women, between the ages of 20 and 25 were arrested with 19 other suspects, which include five nursing mothers, five babies and eight men who impregnated them.
Also, a 66-year-old man, Aliu Ojo, who claimed to be a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, was among the 24 suspects arrested by the security agents.
According to the NIS commander, Happiness had been doing the illicit business in conjunction with a Cameroonian who serves as a link man for a very long time, saying the suspects changed her base to keep herself away from the eagle eye of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The illegal baby factory, reportedly owned by 45-year-old Happiness Ogundeji , a.ka Mama Phorta, was discovered by the anti-trafficking detectives after several months of surveillance and intelligence gathering.
The occupants of the house where the illegal business was being run, were caught unawares by the security agents who invaded their premises in the early hours of Wednesday, where five young pregnant women, between the ages of 20 and 25 were arrested with 19 other suspects, which include five nursing mothers, five babies and eight men who impregnated them.
Also, a 66-year-old man, Aliu Ojo, who claimed to be a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, was among the 24 suspects arrested by the security agents.
According to the NIS commander, Happiness had been doing the illicit business in conjunction with a Cameroonian who serves as a link man for a very long time, saying the suspects changed her base to keep herself away from the eagle eye of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
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