Abia police uncover baby factory, rescue pregnant girls

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad
attached to the Abia State Police Command
have uncovered a suspected baby factory at
Ogbor Hill, in the Aba area of the state.
During the operation, the detectives rescued
five pregnant women and arrested a 54-year-old
man, identified as Nkem Nwokocha.
Nwokocha, who hails from Obegu village in the
Ugwunagbo Local Government Area of the
state, allegedly ran the factory with his wife,
identified only as Nurse.
The rescued pregnant women are Chidinma
Chukwu (29), of Isiala Mbano community, Imo
State; Kelechi Sampson (20); Happiness
Godwin, of Mboko Umuanunu village, Obingwa,
Abia State; Okoronkwo Mercy, of Alayi, in the
Bende LGA, Abia State; and Oluebube Onyabu,
of Umuanunu village, in the Obingwa LGA, Abia
State.
While parading the suspect at the police
headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital, the
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr.
Adeleye Oyebade, said the police acted on a
tip-off.