Undergraduate, 47 Kids Rescued From Baby Factory In Osun

• Undergraduate, 47 Kids Rescued From Baby Factory In Osun

Ekohotblog, September 7, 2020… An undergraduate and nothing less than 47 babies have been rescued from a baby factory in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The state government has sealed the facility, identified as Oroyemi Elizabeth Covenant Home and Care Centre; which is said to have been operating under the guise of an orphanage.

Women, Children, and Social Affairs Commissioner, Olubukola Olaboopo confirmed the report to newsmen over the weekend.

Olaboopo said that the building was closed up after suspicious information suggesting illegal activities got to the government notice.

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She added that despite warnings by the government, the owner persisted, thus breaching the Child Right Laws, and resulting in the closure of the building.

“We have gotten several reports over a period of 3-4 years, reporting how the children in Oroyemi Elizabeth Covenant Home and Care Centre are malnourished and the environment have been very dirty and how some illegal activities have been going on more or less like a baby factory and many more allegations,” she said.

“We rescued 47 children;  10-15 adults girls are there. Those with physical disabilities,among whom is an undergraduate of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, were among those that were rescued. Most of them were crying, they refused to follow us but we were able to take three of them.

“As at this (yesterday) morning, the matron who is taking care of those adults just told me that it seems two of them are breastfeeding. When we interrogated them, they said they have never given birth to a child. So it means that we want to know who got them pregnant when they are not married.

“How come they are pregnant? So there are so many things underneath and the state government is still investigating.”