{"id":4328,"date":"2026-01-27T16:43:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=4328"},"modified":"2026-01-27T16:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:43:44","slug":"police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ekiti State Police Command has uncovered an illegal baby factory located in Ikere local government area of Ekiti State.<br \/><br \/>Addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Joe Eribo, said the command received a tip-off and arrested one Onyechi Oluwadare, 43, alongside four other suspects behind a popular hotel along Ise-Ekiti Road, Ikere-Ekiti.<br \/><br \/>Other people arrested were, Onuoha Gloria \u201828 yrs\u2019, Victoria Linus \u201825 yrs\u2019, Ihegbogu Mercy \u201821 yrs\u2019 and a heavily pregnant Emmanuel Esther \u201923yrs\u2019.<br \/><br \/>The statement read in part, \u201cOn the 24\/01\/2026 at about 08:30hrs, the Command received a credible tip-off that the prime suspect, Oluwadare Onyechi, a 43-year old woman, runs an illegal baby factory alongside four other suspects somewhere behind Inisa Hotel and Suit, along Ise-Ekiti Road, Ikere-Ekiti.<br \/><br \/>\u201cUpon the receipt of the information, the Command Operatives swung into action, cordon off the premises used for the illegal business, and arrested Oluwadare Onyechi and four other accomplices namely, Onuoha Gloria \u201828 yrs\u2019, Victoria Linus \u201825 yrs\u2019, Ihegbogu Mercy \u201821 yrs\u2019 and a heavily pregnant Emmanuel Esther \u201923yrs\u2019.<br \/><br \/>\u201cSearch was conducted in the premises and six children within the ages of 2 and 9 reasonably suspected to be under bondage and exploitation were rescued. Items such as baby delivery materials, some rolls of dexamethasone tablet, and some bottles of Goya oil were recovered from the scene\u201d.<br \/><br \/>Speaking with the prime suspect in the alleged baby factory, Onyechi denied the allegations, saying she only prays in the building for those seeking God\u2019s favour.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ekiti State Police Command has uncovered an illegal baby factory located in Ikere local government area of Ekiti State. Addressing journalists in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Joe Eribo, said the command received a tip-off and arrested one Onyechi Oluwadare, 43, alongside four other suspects behind a popular hotel along Ise-Ekiti Road, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-27T16:43:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ekiti-map.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"428\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04afd64c43f5a53d7361fcf06efc4fe\"},\"headline\":\"Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-27T16:43:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Ekiti-map.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/27\\\/police-uncover-illegal-baby-factory-arrest-suspects-in-ekiti\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police uncover illegal baby factory, arrest suspects in Ekiti - 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