NAPTIP uncovers baby factory in Abuja, rescues pregnant women

Nine pregnant women has been rescued from a baby factory in the federal capital territory, Abuja.

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) made the disclosure on Thursday.

A statement by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP, said the baby factory was situated at one of the sprawling estates in Ushafa area in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

He also disclosed that the raid on the facility followed a tip-off from a concerned citizen.

He said the victims were locked up in an apartment inside the estate by a yet-to-be-identified suspected trafficking agent, after they were recruited through an online platform.

Adekoye also said that the Director-General of the Agency, Hajiya Binta Adamu-Bello, commended the judiciary, for the landmark judgment of conviction and sentencing of one Bishop Kenneth Duke.

Duke was said to have raped a 12-year-old girl, daughter of one of his church members, in Abuja.

The DG said the judgment would serve as a deterrent to others, while warning that the agency would not spare anyone who violates any of its laws.

(NAN)