Again, 17 Babies, 22 Pregnant Teenagers Rescued From Baby Factory At Orlu, Imo State

No fewer than 17 babies and four pregnant teenagers have been rescued
by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps operatives in Imo
State from an orphanage home allegedly being used as a baby factory.

Speaking with newsmen in Owerri on Friday, the State Commandant, Pedro
Idiba, said the command, acting on a tip-off, stormed the orphanage
home, known as Jehovah Jireh, located at Orlu in Orlu Local Government
Area of the state at about 9.30am on Thursday, last week.

Idiba gave the names of the teenage girls as Onyedikachi Obialor,
Oluchi Uzoma, Hope Ndukwu and Ogechi Njoku, adding that a two weeks
old baby, belonging to one Kasarachi, was among the babies rescued
from the supposed orphanage home.

He explained that his men uncovered a 2007 expired licence of the
orphanage home, alleged to have been owned by a Local Government staff
member in Orlu, known as Cecelia Egemole.

Idiba said, "That place was used as an orphanage home in disguise,
when the licence we saw there has since expired since 2007 and not
renewed.

"The place was used as both maternity and other thing as confirmed by
the girls we saw there; it was an unhealthy environment. The girls are
teenagers, the oldest among them is 19."

Also, a nanny, said to be an elder sister to the proprietress, Mrs
Felicia Egemole, confessed that some of the girls came to the
orphanage home to deliver their babies and left them behind.

-PUNCH