According to
Weeklystandard,
The police also rescued 16 pregnant girls, including one whose two-hour old baby girl was sold without her knowledge.
Leading his Police Ambush Squad to the No. 40 Egbu Road beside Somachi Automobile Market, Owerri, where Dr. Ezuma, a native of Ndiokeke Ndiakunwanta in Arondizuogu, Ideato North LGA of Imo State, operated his NGO, Ezuma Women and Children Right Initiative, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammad Katsina, also rescued a three-year-old boy who was also brought to the place alongside his pregnant mother.
Our reporter observed that the 16 pregnant girls were kept in two rooms that had no windows while repulsive odour oozed out from their rooms.
Speaking with journalists after rescuing the victims, the commissioner of police said, Dr. Ezuma who has been very notorious for gun-running and trafficking of human beings, was eventually apprehended at his residence by the Command Ambush Squad on Tuesday 26th November, 2013 through credible intelligence.
He said the course of his arrest, search was conducted in his premises purportedly registered as an office for an NGO, which turned out to be a baby factory, where teenage girls are encouraged to get pregnant and take home the sum of N100, 000 at delivery, on the condition that they would abandon their babies who would be eventually used for purposes ranging from child trafficking to rituals. The police boss disclosed that the suspect was arraigned before an Owerri Chief Magistrate Court 1 on November 1, 2013, for the offence of conspiracy and unlawful possession of firearms. He said the pregnant girls rescued in the premises of Dr. Ezuma were aged between 14 and 19 years, and that after further search was conducted, an automatic
eight-loader pump action gun (which is prohibited) was found in his house.
eight-loader pump action gun (which is prohibited) was found in his house.
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