LAGOS: Nigerian police say they rescued 35 underage girls from a hotel where they were used as sex slaves and then forced to give birth and sell their children.
Nigerian police had previously freed dozens of girls and underage babies from illegal maternity homes known as “baby factories”, where women were forced to have children to sell on the market. black market school.
The teenagers were rescued from the Gally Gally hotel on Monday in southeastern Anambra state, where they were used as “sex slaves and child factories,” a state police spokesman said. Tochukwu Ikenga said late Wednesday.
Four of the girls were pregnant, he said, while several weapons and cash were recovered from the hotel.
Ikenga said investigations are underway while the girls will be handed over to government agencies for rehabilitation.
He said the hotel owner is on the run, while three suspects have been arrested.
“All suspects will be charged in court at the conclusion of the investigations.”
So-called “factories” are often small illegal establishments likened to private medical clinics, which house pregnant women and sell their babies.
In many cases, young women were detained against their will and sexually assaulted before their babies were sold on the black market.
Nigerian police had previously freed dozens of girls and underage babies from illegal maternity homes known as “baby factories”, where women were forced to have children to sell on the market. black market school.
The teenagers were rescued from the Gally Gally hotel on Monday in southeastern Anambra state, where they were used as “sex slaves and child factories,” a state police spokesman said. Tochukwu Ikenga said late Wednesday.
Four of the girls were pregnant, he said, while several weapons and cash were recovered from the hotel.
Ikenga said investigations are underway while the girls will be handed over to government agencies for rehabilitation.
He said the hotel owner is on the run, while three suspects have been arrested.
“All suspects will be charged in court at the conclusion of the investigations.”
So-called “factories” are often small illegal establishments likened to private medical clinics, which house pregnant women and sell their babies.
In many cases, young women were detained against their will and sexually assaulted before their babies were sold on the black market.
