The Imo State Police Command Friday rescued five
pregnant teenagers , including a deaf and dumb victim ,
Miss Blessing Nwabekee from a ‘baby factory’ allegedly
operated by one Chief Emmanuel Eke, a senior Civil
Servant in Abia State.
The teenagers who were at various stages of
pregnancy were said to be rescued in Abia State, where
they were kept until they delivered of the babies.
Parading the suspects , the State Police Commissioner,
Austin Evbakavbokun disclosed that one Miss Ibuchi
Okafor , 20 year old from Ihioma in Orlu Local
Government Area of Imo state absconded from her
home with a nine- months old pregnancy only to be
found in the premises of the suspect at Isiala Ngwa
South , Abia state after she had delivered and sold the
baby at N500 000 to a yet to be identified buyer .
According to the CP , the Police who swung into
investigation after a report of the missing teenager,
found four other pregnant girls , Nkasiobi Uchenna 23 ,
Ela David 24 from Isoko in Delta state , Oluchi Victor 25,
Isialangwa, Abia state and the deaf and dumb waiting
for delivery at the home of the suspect .
The CP disclosed that the owner of the baby factory
confessed to have sold the baby delivered by Ibuchi for
N500 000 .
Evbakavbokun however assured that the state Police
Command would not relent till the child traffickers in
the state and kidnappers are completely chased out .
Meanwhile, the suspect who told journalists that he
made the confession under duress , said the business
belonged to his late wife , who he said passed on seven
weeks ago.
According to him , “ I am not a child trafficker, I am a
Civil servant in Abia State. It was my late wife that was
running the home where the pregnant women were
found by the Police. I confessed to the crime because
of the toture I went through . ”
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