NIGERIA RAIDS ‘BABY FACTORY’ IN LAGOS, RESCUES PREGNANT WOMEN

Mon 20 April 2026:

Several pregnant women and children have been rescued from a “baby factory” in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, the authorities said.

A raid on the facility located the Badagry area of Lagos State led to the rescue of 18 pregnant women and 10 children, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Friday.

The authorities said the victims, aged between 18 and 30, had been recruited through offers circulated on Facebook social media, with promises of financial compensation.

The facility’s operators allegedly arranged for women to give birth only for the babies and to be taken away and sold, according to the Lagos State NSCDC commandant, Adedotun Keshinro.

“They are operating a baby factory where victims are made pregnant. When the babies are delivered, they are sold,” Keshinro told reporters.

Promised payments

He said the women were promised payments ranging from 500,000 naira to 1.8 million naira ($300 to $1,100).

Two suspects were arrested during the raid.

Keshinro said one of the rescued women had suffered a miscarriage, while 17 are pregnant. Some of the victims were also found with infants already being prepared for sale, he added.

Describing the operation as the result of three weeks of intelligence gathering, Keshinro called the case a “grievous crime against humanity.”

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Care and rehabilitation

He said the suspects would be handed over to police for prosecution, while the victims would be transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons for care and rehabilitation.

Items recovered from the facility included generators, gas cylinders, baby care products, phones and food supplies.

One of the suspects claimed the operation involved arranging adoptions, but declined to provide details without legal representation.

-Source: AA

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