Police arrest two women for operating baby factory in Ogun
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two women, Christiana D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu for operating a baby factory in Agbado areas between Ogun and Lagos states.
This was made known in a statement in Abeokuta on Monday by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi.
According to Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested following an information received by police at Agbado Divisional Headquarters that, Christiana Iyama who lives at No 4, Ibrahim Famuyiwa Street, Agbado, Ogun State, is operating a baby factory in her housee.
She allegedly harboured young girls and hired men to impregnate them after which she will collect the baby on delivery and sell to her waiting buyers.
“Upon the information, the DPO Agbado Division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle mobilized his detectives to the area where the said Christiana D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu were arrested.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that Margaret Ogwu was one of the girls harboured by Christiana D’ivoire who employed the service of a man to impregnate her and collected the child on delivery, which she sold at the rate of N400,000 to one of her customers.
“She also confessed to the Police that, she has sold up to three children from different women to her different customers.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the transfer of the case to Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution,” the statement added.
