Mr. Ebere
Amaraizu,The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, said that the baby factory belonged to Ikechukwu Onoh who ran
the baby factory from his home. Onoh was arrested during the raid and
the girls are now in Police custody
The pregnant girls were identified as Stella James, 19 years old, from Ohaozara, Ebonyi
State; Eze Jennifer, 19 years old, from Obukpa in Nsukka LGA, Enugu State; Ugwu
Christabel, 17 years old, a native of Aku, in Igbo-Etiti LGA, Enugu State;
Happiness Mbaonu, 17 years old, from Nnewi, Anambra State; and Ovunna Ifeoma, 20 years old,
from Ezza, in Ebonyi State, Esther Nwankwo, 21 years old, a native of Nkalagu, in
Ebonyi State; Onyedika Agu, 23 years old, of Isuawa, Awgu in Enugu State; Blessing
James, 23 years old, from Ohafia, Abia State; and Chibueze Ujunwa, 24 years old, from
Aninri LGA, Enugu State.
I got a provisional approval in October 2007 from the
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in the state to admit
and shelter pregnant women in my hospital, known as Tex Hospital and
Maternity Home, which is located at 9th Mile. And i decided to keep
the pregnant girls in my private residence when the said hospital was
closed down - Says Onoh the Doctor
He admitted that he only notified the authorities through phone calls
whenever he admitted any pregnant woman rather than follow the normal
procedure of formally informing although the ministry within 24 hours (a day) of
admitting them.
Onoh took care of them on the agreement that he would take the babies upon delivery some of the girls said to the police
Christabel, who claimed she got pregnant after she was raped, said her aunt directed her to Onoh’s residence.
She said her parents wanted to marry her off to an old man because of the ‘unwanted’ pregnancy.
Another girl, Happiness Mbaonu, said she was impregnated by an unknown
man who took her home when she was stranded at Holy Ghost Park in Enugu.
This, she said made her seek for assistance through one of her relations, who directed her to the home.
This, she said made her seek for assistance through one of her relations, who directed her to the home.
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