Operators of a baby factory located at Bukuru Park, in Jos North Local government area of Plateau State got more than they bargained for last week when the Special Task Force, STF on internal security in swooped on the facility.
Ten suspects were arrested during the operation including one pregnant woman, two women with infant babies ready for sale and seven men.
Parading the suspects at the STF Sector 2, near University of Jos, Bauchi road campus on Saturday, the Commander of the task force, Major-General Nicholas Rogers said that among the suspects were some men hired for the purpose of impregnating the women.
Rogers told newsmen that the operators of the baby factory have confessed to selling babies to childless couples in the neighboring states.
The task force commander said that his men were tipped off by a woman whose baby was about to be sold to a couple in Nasarawa State, adding that investigations were on to arrest other members of the baby-selling syndicate still at large.
Among the women arrested was a six months pregnant woman who said she had been camped at the factory for over five months.
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