buddahj Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian police have raided a home allegedly being used to force teenage girls to have babies that were then offered for sale for trafficking or other purposes, authorities said on Wednesday. "We stormed the premises of the Cross Foundation in Aba three days ago following a report that pregnant girls aged between 15 and 17 are being made to make babies for the proprietor," said Bala Hassan, police commissioner for Abia state in the country's southeast. "We rescued 32 pregnant girls and arrested the proprietor who is undergoing interrogation over allegations that he normally sells the babies to people who may use them for rituals or other purposes." Some of the girls told police they had been offered to sell their babies for between 25,000 and 30,000 naira (192 dollars) depending on the sex of the baby. The babies would then be sold to buyers for anything from 300,000 naira to one million naira (1,920 and 6,400 dollars) each, according to a state agency fighting human trafficking in Nigeria, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The girls were expected to be transferred to the regional NAPTIP offices in Enugu on Wednesday, the regional head Ijeoma Okoronkwo told AFP. Hassan said the owner of the "illegal baby factory" is likely to face child abuse and human trafficking charges. Buying or selling of babies is illegal in Nigeria and can carry a 14-year jail term. "We have so many cases going on in court right now," said Okoronkwo. In 2008, police raids revealed an alleged network of such clinics, dubbed baby "farms" or "factories" in the local press. Cases of child abuse and people trafficking are common in West Africa. Some children are bought from their families to for use as labour in plantations, mines, factories or as domestic help. Others are sold into prostitution while a few are either killed or tortured in black magic rituals. NAPTIP says it has also seen a trend of illegal adoption. "There is a problem of illict adoption and people not knowing the right way to adopt children," said Okoronkwo. Human trafficking is ranked the third most common crime after economic fraud and drug trafficking in the country, according to UNESCO. This is pretty f'ed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muck Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Human trafficing is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Human trafficing is awful. Sure. But it sounds like the "moms" were willing participants, which is far more horrifying to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 This is pretty f'ed up. Wait, wait wait! Are you telling me that things are bad in Afrika? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazinib1 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 So much for the new addition to the Pitt/Jolie family this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Wait, wait wait! Are you telling me that things are bad in Afrika? Seriously. Racists. Learn to embrace other cultures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Selling babies and only a 14 year sentence? I'm even stronger behind capital punishment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Seriously. Racists. Learn to embrace other cultures. I have! I now enjoy a lifestyle suitable to my position. I have slaves that I kill randomly because their religion is different than mine; I oppress people because of the color of their skin; I rape virgins so I don't get AIDS. What's not to like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 huh, I didn't know you were Nigerian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Just another example of big government trying to impose its will on private industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsfan Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 huh, I didn't know you were Nigerian. My father, Bookasucka I of Nigeria, has died intestate, leaving in trust of my wife many millions of English pounds. As I am prince of Nigeria I cannot legally claim these money and can only acces them through foreign exchange. My advisor in Geneva, Mr Wiegie, has researched you and found you to be a man of virtue. I have decided that you may, for a fee, move these money for me in foreign bank, through your personal account. To do this must be new account and have security deposit of minimum 50000 pounds English - when you fix account, desposit security, give to me pin and number, and my wife will process through it 527 billion pounds - you will receive for trouble and work 10% - or 52.7 billion pounds. I hope hear from you soon. Money is much needed to be cleared for helping poor people of Nigeria with medical and food assist, so please help by expedite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 My father, Bookasucka I of Nigeria, has died intestate, leaving in trust of my wife many millions of English pounds. As I am prince of Nigeria I cannot legally claim these money and can only acces them through foreign exchange. My advisor in Geneva, Mr Wiegie, has researched you and found you to be a man of virtue. I have decided that you may, for a fee, move these money for me in foreign bank, through your personal account. To do this must be new account and have security deposit of minimum 50000 pounds English - when you fix account, desposit security, give to me pin and number, and my wife will process through it 527 billion pounds - you will receive for trouble and work 10% - or 52.7 billion pounds. I hope hear from you soon. Money is much needed to be cleared for helping poor people of Nigeria with medical and food assist, so please help by expedite. You know this is a fake. It's too well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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