by Oge Okonkwo

A ‘baby factory’ has been discovered in Ilu-tuntun, Okitipupa Local Government Area by officials of the  Nigeria Immigration Service, Ondo State Command.

Speaking to journalists in Akure on Thursday, the command said 8 men and 11 women who were allegedly cohabiting and producing children for the owner of the ‘baby factory’ were arrested.

The Command also said its operatives arrested the owner of the ‘baby factory’.

Premium Times reports:

Five of the women were pregnant, while another five were nursing children.

The Comptroller of the command, Al-Hassan Musa, said, “We were able to arrest these people by acting on a tip-off we got from Abuja. A circular emanating from the headquarters informed us that an operator of a baby factory in Imo State has relocated to somewhere in Ondo State. We swung into action and our investigations led us to Ilu-tuntun where we arrested these people. Our investigations also revealed that the operator, who was said to be in connivance with a Cameroonian, has another such factory in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.”

The comptroller also said that the culprits would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Offences, NAPTIP, in Lagos.

However, some of the suspects and the alleged proprietor, who spoke with journalist, denied the allegations, saying they were all members of a family.