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This weekly update highlights child trafficking in the Niger Delta with a focus on illegal breeding and selling of babies in Rivers State. According to data (see map below), over 25 child trafficking incidents were reported in Rivers State between January 2015 and May 2020. Recent incidents in the State indicate increasing ‘Commodification of Babies’ – breeding of babies for sale – and expansion of ‘Baby Factories’ – illegal maternity homes or orphanages – where young women and girls are kept and made to get pregnant to produce babies for sale, mainly for illegal adoption by couples and for ritualistic purposes. In February 2020, for instance, the police reportedly rescued 24 babies and 4 pregnant teenage girls from an illegal orphanage in Woji, Obio/Akpor LGA. Recently, on July 3, 2020, the police reportedly arrested 5 women while they were negotiating the sale of a baby in Rumuokuta, Obio/Akpor LGA. Separately, on July 4, 2020, the police reportedly rescued 3 pregnant teenagers, 3 babies and their mothers, and arrested a couple who bought 2 babies from an illegal maternity home in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor LGA.
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