Six pregnant girls rescued from Anambra ‘baby factory’

Six pregnant girls have been rescued from a ‘baby factory’ in Umunya, a community in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s south-east.

The Commissioner for Health in the state, Afam Obidike, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking to reporters in Awka, according to a report by Punch newspaper.

Mr Obidike, a medical doctor, said the pregnant girls were rescued when some security operatives, in collaboration with officials of the Anambra State Government, raided the “baby factory” earlier on Wednesday.