Police bust baby factory, arrest three suspects in Delta

Abdullateef Fowewe

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended three suspects linked to an alleged baby factory operation in the state.

In a video shared on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, he revealed that the Force is intensifying efforts to crack down on illegal baby trafficking networks.

One of the suspects, identified as the child’s mother, reportedly handed over her newborn to an unidentified woman, who later sold the baby for N3.5 million but gave the mother only N600,000.

Accompanying the video with the caption, Edafe wrote, “The girl with long hair got pregnant, and people took care of her, but after some time, they saw her without the pregnancy, what happened to your baby, she said a woman helped her sell the child and gave her 600k. Watch and see how much she sold the baby. This baby factory business thing, we are clamping down on it seriously.”

Giving details on how they sold the baby, the seller said, I sold the Baby for 3.5 million naira, I gave the mother six hundred thousand, the thirty thousand was the money she took from me earlier on. I gave her six hundred thousand for her business, the remaining money is in my account, I didn’t touch it. She said she didn’t want to breastfeed, that she didn’t need the relationship.”

The buyer in her remark said, “I’m from Ika, there’s a lady in my area, I told her I wanted to adopt a child in a legit way. I paid the seller four million naira. She told me that the document is in process that she’ll bring it.”