Nineteen pregnant women rescued from ‘baby factories’ in Nigeria
‘I have slept with seven different men before I discovered I was pregnant,’ victim says
Zamira Rahim @ZamiraRahim
Police rescued 19 pregnant girls who had been kidnapped and raped from properties in Lagos dubbed “baby factories”.
Most of the women, aged between 15 and 28, were abducted and forcibly impregnated so their babies could later be sold.
The girls had been promised employment as domestic workers in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city.
Instead they were held in the properties and forced into sex slavery. They were also forced to bear children which were then sold.
Police officers, acting on a tip off, raided four properties across Lagos on 19 September. They recovered 19 women and four children.
The woman who ran the operation, known as Madam Oluchi, escaped shortly before the raids.
Ms Oluchi is suspected of trafficking girls from south east regions to Lagos.
A police spokesperson said officers had arrested two other women, who worked as nurses in the properties despite having no medical training.
“Two suspects, namely Happiness Ukwuoma... and Sherifat Ipeya... were arrested in connection with the case,” a police spokesperson said according to Pulse Nigeria.
“The suspects did not receive formal medical training but operate as nurses.
“The young women were mostly abducted by the suspects for the purpose of getting them pregnant and selling the babies to potential buyers.”
Once the girls had given birth, their children were taken to one of three further properties, where they were sold to buyers.
Ms Oluchi is suspected of selling male infants for 500,000 naira (£1,121) and females for 300,000 naira (£672).
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