[Mhiz Rebecca]

Borno Government on Thursday said it
discovered a baby factory where children were being
sold in the state.
The Commissioner for Justice, Mr Kakashehu Lawal,
stated this at a press conference in Maiduguri.
Lawal said that four women alongside the principal
suspect were arrested for taking part in the crime.
He said that the “trend is a notorious fact which
occurred in Galadima area in the state capital.’’
“After the restoration of relative peace in state capital
and its environs, a lot of anti-social activities started
to emerge ranging from drug addiction, lawlessness
and prostitution.
“On Sept. 12, 2016, we got an intelligence report by our
civilian JTF in Gwange area in the town and we
mandated them to arrest a woman who delivered a
baby boy and came home without the baby.
“The suspects were taken to Gwange Police Station
because of the magnitude of the crime and were later
transferred to the Police CID Department,’’ he said.
The commissioner said that one baby was recovered
and another one was rescued during a raid on the
factory at Galadima.
“Sponsors of the factory were also arrested. The
suspects were rraigned before the High Court Number
13.
“They are now in the maximum prison pending the
next court hearing on the matter,’’ he said.