The Anambra State Government in collaboration with security operatives on Wednesday rescued six pregnant teenagers from ‘a baby-making factory’ at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of the state.
Dr Afam Obidike, state’s Commissioner for Health told journalists after the raid that the camp where babies were being sold, had the name ‘ Mother and Child Hospital and Maternity’
The baby factory is located at No 1, school road near a university (name withheld) in Umunya.
Obidike said the state’s Health Facility, Accreditation and Monitoring Unit arrived the facility for its routine inspection when it busted the facility.
He said the nurses they saw locked up the facility and ran away after they requested to see the doctor on duty and find out why the facility was not registered with the state government.
