Operatives of Ogun sState Police Command have arrested two women, Christiana D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu for allegedly operating a baby factory.

The suspects were arrested on August 27, 2022 following information received by police at Agbado Divisional Headquarters that, Christiana Iyama who lives at No 4, Ibrahim Famuyiwa street, Agbado, Ogun State, was operating a baby factory at the above address where she used to harbour young girls and hire men to impregnate them after which she will collect the baby on delivery and sell to her waiting buyers.

Upon the information, the DPO Agbado Division, SP Awoniyi Adekunle, mobilized his detectives to the area where the said Christiana D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu were arrested.

A statement by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, hinted that preliminary investigation revealed that Margaret Ogwu was one of the girls harboured by Christiana D'ivoire Iyama who employed the service of a man to impregnate her and collected the child on delivery, which she sold at the rate of N400,000 to one of her customers.

She also confessed to the Police that she has sold up to three children from different women to her different customers.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the case to Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.