Nigerian 'Baby Factory' raided, 32 Teenage Girls Freed

Nigerian 'baby factory' raided, 32 teenage girls freed

Wed Jun 1, 10:32 am ET
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian police have raided a home allegedly being used to force teenage girls to have babies that were then offered for sale for trafficking or other purposes, authorities said on Wednesday.
"We stormed the premises of the Cross Foundation in Aba three days ago following a report that pregnant girls aged between 15 and 17 are being made to make babies for the proprietor," said Bala Hassan, police commissioner for Abia state in the country's southeast.
"We rescued 32 pregnant girls and arrested the proprietor who is undergoing interrogation over allegations that he normally sells the babies to people who may use them for rituals or other purposes."
Some of the girls told police they had been offered to sell their babies for between 25,000 and 30,000 naira (192 dollars) depending on the sex of the baby.
The babies would then be sold to buyers for anything from 300,000 naira to one million naira (1,920 and 6,400 dollars) each, according to a state agency fighting human trafficking in Nigeria, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).
The girls were expected to be transferred to the regional NAPTIP offices in Enugu on Wednesday, the regional head Ijeoma Okoronkwo told AFP.
Hassan said the owner of the "illegal baby factory" is likely to face child abuse and human trafficking charges. Buying or selling of babies is illegal in Nigeria and can carry a 14-year jail term.
"We have so many cases going on in court right now," said Okoronkwo.
In 2008, police raids revealed an alleged network of such clinics, dubbed baby "farms" or "factories" in the local press.
Cases of child abuse and people trafficking are common in West Africa. Some children are bought from their families to for use as labour in plantations, mines, factories or as domestic help.
Others are sold into prostitution while a few are either killed or tortured in black magic rituals. NAPTIP says it has also seen a trend of illegal adoption.
"There is a problem of illict adoption and people not knowing the right way to adopt children," said Okoronkwo.
Human trafficking is ranked the third most common crime after economic fraud and drug trafficking in the country, according to UNESCO.

Fucking Nigerians.

Still enslaving other Africans.

Will they ever stop?

We should start bombing them.

i wonder if hes the dad to all the kids. that would pretty much seal his case lol

I know, I was so depressed when I read this, I couldn't even think of a comment. Not to sound racist or anything, but IMO, the majority of the males in many African countries need to die. I watched this one show, and this big grown man threatened to kill this little four year old girl because she was a "witch". Such fucking ignorance over there. Makes me sad.

Stoney McFried said:

I know, I was so depressed when I read this, I couldn't even think of a comment. Not to sound racist or anything, but IMO, the majority of the males in many African countries need to die. I watched this one show, and this big grown man threatened to kill this little four year old girl because she was a "witch". Such fucking ignorance over there. Makes me sad.

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yup. theres a LOT of misinformation over there, from what ive seen. like you said, they think people are witches. i think if we spread education and showed them science, they would realize that witches are a ridiculous concept

Maybe they could get rid of some other superstitions, too, like how raping little girls will cure Aids. I just don't understand... even if you live in a country where behavior like this happens, doesn't empathy ever play a part?For example,women who were circumcised hold down their daughters to get it done, and never once think, "I hurt so bad when they did this to me, I can't let them do this to my kid." I mean, wtf! Why don't they learn from their mistakes?

Luger187 said:

yup. theres a LOT of misinformation over there, from what ive seen. like you said, they think people are witches. i think if we spread education and showed them science, they would realize that witches are a ridiculous concept

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That is their culture, we may not like it, but we shouldn't have ANY say in how they choose to live. Instead, we should just bomb them. I bet Obama already has a assassination plan for Goodluck Jonathan. They won't be calling him Goodluck after that incident. I suppose the Navy SEALS will strap his dead body to a rocket and send him into the heart of the sun, a real good burial. Perhaps people with high powered telescopes can catch a glimpse before he vaporizes. Then, and only then, will the world be free. Obama will get another Peace prize for bringing peace to Nigeria. Right after he bombs them all dead.

The MOST epic thread title I've ever seen in my life.


Why do Nigerians always come up with some crazy scheme to make moniez??

because corruption is the way of life for them - I feel so bad for west/central Africa Sudan, Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and others its very sad.