Nigeria Police Grebek 'Baby Factory' The babies were bought and sold, used as workers or used for black magic rituals

Nigeria Police raided a house in the city of Aba who allegedly became a place to force teenagers to produce a baby daughter-who then will be sold or for other purposes.
'baby factory' that hide behind the guise of foundations,the Cross Foundation."We raided three days ago, following a report that reveals there are several pregnant teenage girls,aged 15-17 years who were forced to produce babies," said the Abia State police commissioner,Bala Hassan,as published by the Telegraph, June 1,2011.

In the house police also save 32 pregnant teenagers and arrested the owner of the house. "Based on the investigation, he confessed to selling the babies to other people who use them for ritual or other intention," he added.

Meanwhile, a number of the victims offered to sell their baby at 25,000 and 30,000 naira or U.S. $ 192, depending on gender.

But in the hands of the seller, the babies were sold to buyers for 300 thousand to a million naira, according to opponents of the agency said human trafficking in Nigeria, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP).

Added Hassan, owner of the 'baby factory' will diperkarakan with allegations of violence against children and human trafficking. Baby trafficking is illegal in Nigeria, and could be sentenced to 14 years jail.

This is not the first time police raid Nigeria 'baby factory'. Earlier in 2008, police raided a clinic that allegedly produce a baby.

Cases of violence against children and human trafficking are common in West Africa. Some children are employed in plantations, mines, factories, or domestic servants.

Other more tragic, were sent to brothels or killed and tortured for black magic rituals.