Nigeria Police have arrested a 17 year old boy identified as Noble Uzuchi for Impregnating over 10 older women.
According to reports provided by the police, the boy was arrested together with his accomplice Chigozie Ogbonna, a 29-year-old man.
The two together with two ladies, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40 were allegedly running a baby factory.
Rivers Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko said that the four suspects operated in the Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state before their arrest which was made possible by a tipoff by members of the public.
"On Saturday, January 7, 2023, around 4.45 pm, while acting on credible intelligence available to the Rivers State Police Command, C4I Intelligence Unit operatives raided two houses at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, where victims of child trafficking were being kept."
She disclosed that investigations found that when a victim delivered of her baby, the syndicate leader kept the child and paid her a sum of N500,000 and that some of the babies previously delivered in the houses had been sold.
“All the victims confessed that they were lured to the illicit sales of children because of the need to meet some financial challenges. A Honda Pilot Jeep, white, was recovered from the syndicate leader."
The 10 pregnant ladies were arrested following the arrest of the suspects. The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation.
