Police raids reveal 'baby farms' (Nigeria)

[bijou]

POLICE raids have revealed an alleged network baby "farms" or "factories" in Nigeria, forcing a new look at the scope of people trafficking in the country.
At a hospital in Enugu, a large city in Nigeria's southeast, 20 teenage girls were rescued in May in a police swoop on what was believed to be one of the largest infant trafficking rings in the west African country.

The two-storey building on a dusty street in Enugu's teeming Uwani district now stands deserted, shutters down.

Neighbours had long found something bizarre about the establishment, where there was virtually no activity during the day, they said.

The doctor in charge, who is now on trial, reportedly lured teenagers with unwanted pregnancies by offering to help with abortion.

They would be locked up there until they gave birth, whereupon they would be forced to give up their babies for a token fee of around 20,000 naira ($170).

The babies would then be sold to buyers for anything between 300,000 and 450,000 naira ($2500-$3800) each, according to a state agency fighting human trafficking in Nigeria, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).



But luck ran out for the gynaecologist, said to be in his 50s, when a woman to whom he had sold a day-old infant was caught by Nigeria's Security and Civil Defence Service (NSCDS) while trying to smuggle the child to Lagos, the security agency said.
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[mamacags]

Were these babies being sold to people who wanted to adopt them or what?  This is a really weird story.

[MrsSmith]

Were these babies being sold to people who wanted to adopt them or what?  This is a really weird story.

At least we know that "forced birthers" really exist, instead of them being a moronic insult thought up by people who can't read the instructions on their birth control.

[bijou]

Were these babies being sold to people who wanted to adopt them or what?  This is a really weird story.

Probably, although there could be more sinister explanations. In the scheme of things adoption would probably be the best outcome.

[Jim]

Probably, although there could be more sinister explanations. In the scheme of things adoption would probably be the best outcome.

really.  I expect they're looking for sex objects.