Baby Trafficking in South East Nigeria

Baby sells for same price as 50kg of rice in eastern Nigeria.

Photo Credit: Reuters Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/baby-sells-for-n20k-in-eastern-nigeria/

Vanguard Nigeria reported that "A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigative team spoke to more than 10 Nigerian women duped into giving up their newborns to strangers in houses known as “baby factories” in the past two years or offered babies whose origins were unknown..

Five women did not want to be interviewed, despite the guarantee of anonymity, fearing for their own safety with criminal gangs involved in the baby trade, while two men spoke of being paid to act as “studs” to get women pregnant." Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/10/baby-sells-for-n20k-in-eastern-nigeria/