The Ondo State Police Command has dismantled a suspected baby factory in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area, arresting one Ada Clement believed to be the ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Olayinka Ayanlade, police operatives rescued five pregnant underage girls during a coordinated raid on the illegal facility.
The breakthrough came after a 17-year-old girl, Vivian Peter, from Akwa Ibom State, managed to escape from the den and reported to the Ore Police Division. She revealed that she had been trafficked to Ore under the false promise of employment, only to discover she had been taken to a “clinic” used as a baby factory.
Following her report, officers from the Gender-Based Violence Unit and the Ore Division stormed the building, rescuing the young victims and a newborn baby boy. One of the rescued girls had already
delivered and is currently receiving postnatal care at the General Hospital, Ore.Preliminary investigations revealed shocking details of the operation. According to police findings, babies were sold for ₦400,000 and above for girls, and ₦600,000 and above for boys. The suspect, Ada Clement, along with her accomplices, has reportedly confessed to the crime.
The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adebowale Lawal, has directed a full-scale investigation to ensure that all members of the trafficking network are brought to justice. Detectives are currently pursuing other fleeing members of the syndicate.
This discovery adds to a growing list of gender-based crimes uncovered by the Ondo Police Command. Earlier this month, officers arrested a man identified as Bolaji Oluwasetire for allegedly assaulting a six-year-old girl in Ore.
The Command reaffirmed its commitment to protecting vulnerable groups and dismantling all criminal networks involved in human trafficking and exploitation across the state.
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