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One of the nine pregnant teenagers rescued from a baby making factory at
Akute in Ifo local government of Ogun state about two weeks ago, has
delivered a baby girl.
The Anti Crime team attached to Ajuwon Division of Ogun State Command of
the Nigeria Police Force had last two Fridays following intelligence
gathering, stormed a baby making factory where pregnant women were kept
to produce babies for sales and arrested the owner, Mrs Angella
Chigozie,39, and also rescued nine pregnant women of ages between 16 and
22 years within the facility, including the one that just delivered.
It was learnt that gathered that the pregnant teenager delivered a baby girl last Sunday at the State Hospital in Ijaye, Abeokuta, after a prolonged labour.
The Nation learnt that the affected girl began to experience early signs of labour last March 25 and could not sleep during the night, and was observed to be restless and writhing in pains following what a source said could be the onset of her early stages of labour pains.
She and seven others – all pregnant, and dressed in uniform adire (locally design attire) material with golden patches, were evacuated around 2:30pm a week ago in a Hiace Bus from Stella Obasanjo Children Home, Ibara – Abeokuta, where they were kept since being rescued.
The girls were accompanied by two plain cloth policewomen and driven to one of the Police stations located at the Ibara area of the state capital.
It was gathered that a request at the time by one of the officials manning the Stella Obasanjo Children Home that a medical personnel accompanies the girls, to monitor the one experiencing her labour, was turned down.
The policewomen, The Nation gathered, had assured that the Ogun State Command of the Police is capable handling the situation.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, when contacted, also told The Nation that the Child and Human Trafficking unit of the Ogun State Command of the Police is capable and has enough qualified hands to handle the demands of child delivery should any of the girls slip into labour any day.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP) added that while further investigation is being conducted on the baby making factory and those retrieved from the place, the police is equally working to locate relatives of the rescued girls so that each of them could be re – united with their respective families.
But last Sunday, the affected teenage girl puts to bed at the state hospital, Ijaiye, and this was confirmed by the Women Affairs Commissioner, Mrs Elezabeth. Sonnubi, but she denied further comment about it.
It was learnt that gathered that the pregnant teenager delivered a baby girl last Sunday at the State Hospital in Ijaye, Abeokuta, after a prolonged labour.
The Nation learnt that the affected girl began to experience early signs of labour last March 25 and could not sleep during the night, and was observed to be restless and writhing in pains following what a source said could be the onset of her early stages of labour pains.
She and seven others – all pregnant, and dressed in uniform adire (locally design attire) material with golden patches, were evacuated around 2:30pm a week ago in a Hiace Bus from Stella Obasanjo Children Home, Ibara – Abeokuta, where they were kept since being rescued.
The girls were accompanied by two plain cloth policewomen and driven to one of the Police stations located at the Ibara area of the state capital.
It was gathered that a request at the time by one of the officials manning the Stella Obasanjo Children Home that a medical personnel accompanies the girls, to monitor the one experiencing her labour, was turned down.
The policewomen, The Nation gathered, had assured that the Ogun State Command of the Police is capable handling the situation.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, when contacted, also told The Nation that the Child and Human Trafficking unit of the Ogun State Command of the Police is capable and has enough qualified hands to handle the demands of child delivery should any of the girls slip into labour any day.
Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP) added that while further investigation is being conducted on the baby making factory and those retrieved from the place, the police is equally working to locate relatives of the rescued girls so that each of them could be re – united with their respective families.
But last Sunday, the affected teenage girl puts to bed at the state hospital, Ijaiye, and this was confirmed by the Women Affairs Commissioner, Mrs Elezabeth. Sonnubi, but she denied further comment about it.
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