The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC, in Abia State has
raided an alleged “baby selling” maternity home at Umuzuo, Osisioma
Local Government area of the state.
It also rescued 32 pregnant teenagers in the process.
Mr Victor Ogbonna, the state NSCDC Public Relations Officer, made this known when he presented the pregnant teenagers rescued from the home to journalists in Umuahia on Wednesday.
He said that the proprietor of the centre, Nnenna Mba, and two other men; Mba Agbai and Chinwoke Mba , who allegedly aided the act, were arrested by the NSCDC.
Ogbonna said the rescue operation and the subsequent arrest took place on April 2, at Umuzuo community, while the teenagers and the owner of the home were around, adding that investigations by NSCDC revealed that victims were induced to sell a baby boy for N100, 000, while a girl goes for N80, 000.

























