LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Troops have reportedly rescued 17 teenage girls as well as two babies, during a raid on a baby factory enclave on the Nigerian-Cameroon border in Adamawa State.
Seven Suspects, alleged to be operating a brothel, human trafficking joint and baby factory, have also been apprehended.
The Brigade Commander, 23 Armoured Brigade Yola, Major General Mohammed Jibrin-Gambo paraded the suspects on 24 June at the brigade headquarters in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
According to him, troops of the brigade were in a special operation on the border area between Nigeria and Cameroon, and upon credible information, stormed the enclave of criminals at the outskirts of Kasingila village in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa.
The suspects, he stated, were apprehended in a border settlement less than a kilometre from the Belel district, the last community before entering the Cameroon Republic.
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The operation involved a joint team of security forces who rescued 17 girls between the ages of 19 to 21 years and two babies.
Addressing journalists, the leader of the camp, Abubakar Abdullahi said he got the girls from Adamawa, Gombe and Borno States where he established the camp used as a dance club, prostitution and sales of babies delivered by the girls within Nigeria and across the border of Cameroon.
“The rescued girls, who have been in the camp for about two to three years, were recruited as minors and brought to the camp without the knowledge of their families.”
“Investigation revealed a proliferation of such camps is prominent in the border areas where human trafficking has been on the rise.
“It is therefore expected that the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) will curb this ugly trend in the nearest future,” he added.
