No fewer than eight children and sixteen pregnant girls were rescued from a baby factory on Thursday night at Aba by operatives of Abia State Police Command.
The children comprised of five males and three females.
Parading the inmates on Friday, an operative of the Rapid Response Squad that led the operation said that the rescue of the inmates followed credible information by locals at their disposal.
“Yesterday night, we decided to visit the place, a four-story building with 10 flats and another adjacent building in the same compound.
“We were able to capture 16 of them, all pregnant. One of the facilitators, Onyinyechi, was also pregnant and another, Ekpene (male) who lives in the compound was also arrested and eight children were recovered”, he said.
The operative further said they were still hunting for other occupants, while the investigation has commenced, adding, “We are tracking them”.
