A cleric and 16 pregnant women have been arrested by operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.
The bust happened when operatives of the Command raided a suspected baby factory in Port Harcourt belonging to the cleric identified as Glory Raphael.
16 pregnant girls, three other persons helping the cleric to run the baby factory were also apprehended.
The State Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, told newsmen on Saturday that
“Men of the Criminal intelligence and Investigation Department in a sting operation on Friday stormed the premises of one Gloria Raphael, who is the General Overseer of Mount Sinai Ministry at Rukpokwu. She is into the business of child trafficking.
“Sixteen pregnant women awaiting delivery and onward sale of the children to the waiting buyers were arrested. One of them by name Chinyere Nweke had labour yesterday (Friday) and was rushed to the police clinic where she gave birth to a baby girl,” Ahmed said.
