The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday, May 30, rescued six pregnant young women during a raid of an illegal child tr@fficking centre at Aliu area of the state
The women between ages 20 and 23 years were in various stages of their pregnancy and were allegedly being held at the centre by a syndicate that planned to s£ll the babies after they were born.
During the raid, the owner of the centre, identified as Akudo Azoroh, was arrested alongside an accomplice, the police said in a statement.
Speaking when she was paraded on Wednesday, May 31, Azoroh said she usually gave the babies to families who do not have children of their own, adding that the girls came to her centre pregnant with the intention to be paid N800k or N900k depending on the state of the pregnancy at the point of arrival and gender of the baby.
“I have given out six children in the past. I started the business three years ago. I do not have boys who get the girls pregnant. They were already pregnant when they came; they came to me on their own.
I give out the babies only to families who do not have children and not to ritu@lists. I give them out between N1.4 and N1.5 million, depending on the s+x of the baby, while I pay their mothers off depending on the stage of the pregnancy at the time they came,” she said.
Interacting with some of the women, they admitted going to the factory pregnant and that they intended to give out the children after birth because they do not have the means of raising them.
One of the girls who was all tears said her elder sister took her to the centre with the support of their mum. She expressed worry, regrets that the father was neither aware of her pregnancy nor the fact that she was in a child tr@fficking home.
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