A woman has been arrested by the Nigerian Police in Port Harcourt for running an illegal maternity home. According to reports, Six pregnant girls were rescued during the raid.
Joy Elomoko, Spokeswoman of the Imo State Police Command, in a statement on Wednesday said the raid on the Port Harcourt home followed the arrest of a girl with a baby in nearby Owerri on October 15.
Joy Elomoko, Spokeswoman of the Imo State Police Command, in a statement on Wednesday said the raid on the Port Harcourt home followed the arrest of a girl with a baby in nearby Owerri on October 15.
“We rescued six girls last week at different stages of pregnancy from an illegal maternity home in Port Harcourt,”
“A lady was found in suspicious circumstances with a day old baby and after interrogation she confessed that she gave birth to a baby in Port Harcourt,”
The girl was accompanied by Police detectives to Port Harcourt where six other pregnant girls were found in the woman's clinic.
“The woman could not produce any document authorising her to operate the clinic and she was subsequently arrested,”
Elomoko said the suspect would be taken to court after thorough police investigation.
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