Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have dismantled an alleged baby factory in the Mowe area of the state, rescuing two pregnant women and four children.
The command also said it arrested six suspects in connection with the incident.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement released on Tuesday.
Babaseyi said the operation was carried out at about 8am on Monday, August 24, 2026, at Toluwalase Street, Abaren Village, via Gbarinmole, Mowe, following sustained intelligence on alleged human trafficking and illegal adoption activities at the facility.
He stated that the two rescued pregnant women were Ilesanmi Foluke, 23, who was seven months pregnant, and Ejekwa Melody, 20, who was eight months pregnant.
He added that four children, comprising two boys and two girls, were also rescued during the operation.
According to Babaseyi, the suspects arrested were Florence Glory Ogbona, 58; Magdalene Julius, 63; Chidike Egwuonwu, 40; Onyechu Chidike, 35; Stephen Ogbona, 39; and an attending nurse, Oseni Kusamotu Idaya.
The PPRO noted that further intelligence-led operations took police operatives to a hospital within the Mowe axis, where another alleged victim, Blessing Bright Effiong, 26, had reportedly given birth to a baby boy on August 20.
Babaseyi said the woman was found receiving medical treatment at the hospital, but the whereabouts of her newborn could not be established.
