By Gabriel Atumeyi
The Police in Anambra State has discovered a baby factory in the Otolo district of Nnwei municipality where it apprehended two suspects and four young girls awaiting delivery.
In a statement by the State Force Public Relations Officer, CPS Haruna Mohammed, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, it disclosed that on March 11, 2021, there was a report at the Area Command Headquarters, Nnewi, that a four year old child of St Joseph’s School, Otolo Nnewi, was returning home from School in company of his siblings when two men on a motorcycle grabbed the child and zoomed off with him.
He said the child was, however, rescued by some commercial motorcyclists who pursued and eventually arrested the suspects at Akamili Community of Nnewi.
The statement further disclosed that preliminary investigations conducted by police revealed that the suspects, who were beaten to a stupor by an angry mob (one of whom was confirmed dead), were sent by one Gladys Nworie Ikegwuonu, presently at large, who also operates a baby factory and a brothel by keeping young girls and getting them impregnated after which she sells the children to her waiting customers.
The identity of the two suspects arrested are Abuchi Ani, ‘M’, aged 32 years, of Ohazora, Ebonyi State, and Emeka Ikegwuonu, ‘M’, 49 years, of Akabukwu, Nnewi, Anambra State.
The identity of the four pregnant young girls that were rescued are as follows:
(i). Chisom Okoye, ‘f’, 20 years, of Mgbaneze Isu, Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State.
(ii). Chinecherem Clement, ‘f’, 18 years, of Agbaebo Isu of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State.
(iii). Blessing Ogbonna, ‘f’, 21 years, of Nkwagu Isu of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State.
(iv). Blessing Njoku, ‘f’, 21 years, of Mgbaneze Isu of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State, all residing at Cool Joint bar, Nnewi.
The statement also disclosed that the Command was intensifying efforts to arrest the principal suspect, one Gladys Nworie Ikegwuonu, ‘f’, of Ohaozora, Ebonyi State, in order to bring her and other accomplices to justice.