The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Enugu state command yesterday paraded six girls whose ages range from 15 to 24, and who were recovered from two different brothels.
The girls were also paraded with proprietors of the brothels; Chief George Obike, owner of Star Palace Hotel located at No. 4 Mission Avenue, Coal Camp Enugu and Azubuike Aneke, owner of Zubynet Hotel, 26 Okpara Avenue Enugu, who were alleged to be engaged in the illicit business.
The arrests were made through the combined efforts of NSCDC and the Enugu State Child Fostering and Adoption Committee headed by Most Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma, Archbishop of the Anglican Communion, Enugu State Province.
The girls are: Esther Ani (23) SS2 student from Agbani, Enugu State; Ifeoma Agbo (21) JS3 student from Ezzamgbo Ebonyi State; Lovett Mbamalu (18) SS2 student from Ifitedunu Anambra State, Ogbu; Gloria (15) SS3 student from Effium, Ebonyi State; Chinaza Okoye (18) SS3 student from Agulu, Anambra state, and Aku Udeze Favour (24) SS3 student from Uzo-Uwani, Enugu State.
The girls, who are mostly school drop outs, were alleged to have been kept in the brothels where men pay N1000 per night to sleep with them in order to impregnate them.
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Subsequently, they were allegedly held until they put to bed before they were released after their babies were sold.
The girls, who spoke to our correspondent, however, noted that they were in the brothels for prostitution only.
The proprietors of the brothels, Obika and Aneke, however denied that they were engaged in ‘baby factory’ business, insisting that they run the brothels as prostitution ring where girls pay N100 per night for lodging.
The NSCDC also paraded a woman identified as Nchechi Isioko from Mpu in Anirmri Local Government Area of Enugu for allegedly attempting to sell her baby for One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100, 000).
She was said to have concluded plans to sell the baby to one Mrs. Blessing Egbo for N100,000 before operatives of NSCDC got information, and arrested her and the suspected buyer.
The NSCDC similarly paraded pipeline vandals at the headquarters of the NSCDC in Enugu yesterday.
Speaking while parading the suspects, the commandant of NSCDC in Enugu State, Mr. Lar Stephen Zwali, warned pipeline vandals to look for another business, saying his command has intensified surveillance.
He averred that the suspects were caught at Nenwe in Animri Local Government in the night while they were vandalising the pipelines
