By Anayo Ndukuba
Anambra State Police Command has smashed a baby factory in Nnewi, the industrial hub of the State. Four pregnant young girls awaiting delivery were rescued.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident at Awka, the State capital.
The rescued girls are: Chisom Okoye of Mgbaneze Isu (20), Onicha LGA of Ebonyi State; Chinecherem Clement (18) of Agbaebo Isu of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State; Blessing Ogbonna (21) of Nkwagu Isu of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State; and Blessing Njoku (21) of Mgbaneze Isu of Onicha LGA, Ebonyi State.
Mohammed disclosed that the feat was sequel to a report at the Area Command Headquarters, Nnewi, to the effect 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 that the child was rescued by some commercial motorcyclists who pursued and eventually arrested the suspects at Akamili Community in the town.
Eastern Voice learnt that preliminary investigations conducted by the police revealed that the suspects who were beaten to stupor by an angry mob (one of whom was later confirmed dead), were allegedly sent by Gladys Nworie Ikegwuonu.
Ikegwuonu, whom the Police claimed also operates a baby factory and a brothel by keeping young girls and getting them impregnated after delivery, sells the children to her customers, is presently on the run.
Mohammed, however, said that two suspects, Abuchi Ani of Ohazora, Ebonyi State, and Emeka Ikegwuonu of Akabukwu in Nnewi, were apprehended by police operatives. He added that all the rescued girls were residing at Cool Joint bar Nnewi.
According to him, the command is intensifying efforts to arrest Ikegwuonu, the principal suspect, who hails from Ohaozora, Ebonyi State.
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