An alleged baby factor syndicate operated by a couple, Mr and Mrs
Abiodun Ogundeji operating in Ilutuntun, Okitipupa Local Government
area of Ondo State was on Wednesday Jan 29th busted by the men of the
Ondo state Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service.
Acting on a tip from the Force headquarters Abuja as well as the Imo
state command, the Controller General of the state command, Musa Hassan,
said the baby factory had been running for 5years. 21 people
including the couple running the factory, pregnant women as well as some
nursing mothers were arrested in the building. Continue...
Reacting to her arrest, Mrs Happiness Ogundeji denied all
allegations levelled against her stating that she was only running a
herbal hospital and the women who were arrested were her patients. She
said she runs a dredging and construction business, De- Choice
Construction Comapany in Ore and has 3 filling stations in Port Harcourt
Rivers State. Her husband Abiodun Ogundeji feigned not knowing of his
wife's business saying that he only knew her to be into
Construction as well as oil and gas. He said he was a Civil Engineer
with Chevron, Rivers State.
Most of those arrested refused to speak to reporters but however
said anonymously that they were all impregnated in Imo state and then
transferred to Ondo state. Upon delivery, their babies would be taken
away from them to an unknown place by Mrs Ogundeji .
They are all currently at the Lagos office of the National
Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related
Matters (NAPTIP)
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