By Ayodele Oni
A Maternity in Anambra State, ‘Mother and Child Maternity’ where babies are being born and sold has been discovered.
A joint operation of officials of the State Government and Security Operatives rescued six pregnant teenagers from the baby making factory.
The baby-making factory was reportedly discovered at Umunya in Oyo local government area of the state.
Dr Afam Obidike, the State Commissioner for Health, told journalists that the baby factory, where babies were being sold was named: “Mother and Child Hospital and Maternity”.
The maternity is located at No. 1, School Road, in Umunya.
Obidike said that the State’s Health Facility, Accreditation and Monitoring Unit arrived at the centre for its routine inspection when it burst the operation.
He explained that the nurses they saw locked up the facility and ran away after they requested to see the doctor on duty to find out why the facility was not registered with the state government.
According to him, security operatives including OCHA-Brigade, the Civil Defence Corps and the Police later assisted the monitoring team in gaining access to the facility.
“When we gained access to the facility, what we saw was shocking. We discovered six underaged pregnant girls, between ages 14, 15,16, 17 and 21 years, allegedly camped against their wishes.
We interviewed these girls and they told us that they were being camped by one self-acclaimed doctor, who they identified as Mr Odili Ossai from Delta State, now at large.”
The commissioner stated that the centre has been sealed up while the pregnant girls were taken to government hospital to determine their state of health.
