In Nigeria, more than 20 pregnant women and two babies have been rescued from a so-called baby factory – an illegal facility used to father and sell children. The West African country’s army raided the facility on Sunday after reports of children being sold to criminals.
21 of the 22 rescued women were pregnant. The owner of the facility in Ohafia in the country’s southeastern state of Abia has so far fled, police said.
Help seekers are cheated
So-called baby factories are repeatedly arrested in Nigeria. They are often disguised as charitable shelters for poor young women. Those seeking help are then held against their will and raped. Victims are also often unintentionally pregnant youths who have run away from home and who have been promised shelter.
The babies are later sold to gangs. Some children are believed to be smuggled abroad, others end up with buyers who kill them during sacrificial rituals.
Source: Krone
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