Akwa Ibom

Inside Nigeria's thriving, quick-fire sale 'baby factories' – The East African
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Inside Nigeria's thriving, quick-fire sale 'baby factories' – The East African

By MOHAMMED MOMOH Nigeria police thought they had wiped out the baby factory menace. That was until a 17-year-old was caught in homestead where he was ‘assigned’ to impregnate ten young women in Nigeria’s Rivers State. The boy was just a stud or a “breeder”. The crackdown in Obio/Akpor last month also saw two women…

Stakeholders explain why baby factories are booming as police rescue 10 victims in Rivers
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Stakeholders explain why baby factories are booming as police rescue 10 victims in Rivers

By Ngozi Nwoke and Tony John, Port Harcourt On January 7, operatives of C4i Intelligence Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Rivers State Command, raided suspected baby factories and made arrests. The alleged baby factories were at two different houses in Igwuruta and Omagwa communities, in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. Daily Sun…

Police burst four child trafficking syndicates in Rivers State – The Guardian Nigeria
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Police burst four child trafficking syndicates in Rivers State – The Guardian Nigeria

Rescue 10 pregnant teenagers Operatives of the Rivers Police Command through its C4I Intelligence Unit have raided two houses at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities in Ikwerre Local Council of the state. he officers arrested four suspected child traffickers. The suspects, who are within the age range of 14 and 17, were said to have operated…

Police Arrest Child Trafficking Syndicates, Rescue 10 Pregnant Women in Rivers
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Police Arrest Child Trafficking Syndicates, Rescue 10 Pregnant Women in Rivers

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspects allegedly involved in child trafficking in the state. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the suspects, Favour Bright and Peace Alikor, were arrested when the operatives of C4I intelligence unit of the command raided…

JUST IN: Police bust child trafficking syndicate, rescue pregnant girls
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JUST IN: Police bust child trafficking syndicate, rescue pregnant girls

…Four suspects arrested The Rivers State Police Command has said its operatives smashed a child trafficking syndicate and arrested four suspects in Igwuruta and Omagwa, Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state. Also the police said ten girls, most of whom are pregnant, including teenagers found in two of the locations raided were…

NDLEA arrests 4 wanted kingpins over 16 tons of illicit drugs in Lagos, Abuja, others
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NDLEA arrests 4 wanted kingpins over 16 tons of illicit drugs in Lagos, Abuja, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two ladies and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands. In Lagos, anti-narcotics officers who have been on the trail of 48-year-old Aro Aderinde for weeks arrested him on Sunday October 16,…

NAPTIP Busts Child Trafficking Gang In Akwa Ibom, Rescues 12 Children – KOKO TV Nigeria
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NAPTIP Busts Child Trafficking Gang In Akwa Ibom, Rescues 12 Children – KOKO TV Nigeria

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has busted a child trafficking syndicate along Calabar-Itu Road in the Itu Local Government Area of the state and has rescued at least 12 children in the process. Tina Ugwu, the NAPTIP Zonal Head in charge of Akwa Ibom, who disclosed this in Uyo,…