Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun
The Ogun State government has initiated moves to reconcile victims of the Akute ‘baby-making’ factory with their families.
Two babies delivered after their mothers were rescued from the “factory” have been named after Governor Ibikunle Amosun.
The state Ministry of Women Affairs and
Social Development is interfacing with Abia, Imo and Akwa-Ibom state
governments on how the victims could be reunited with their families.
The Commissioner, Mrs. Elizabeth Sonubi,
told reporters at the Stella Obasanjo Children Home, Ibara, Abeokuta
that her office had been exchanging correspondences with the Ministries
of Women Affairs in the states where the victims hailed from, noting
that one of them had actually signified readiness to receive its
indigenes among them.
”Some of them have responded and they are now willing to have them and ready for repatriation”, she said.
She said nine victims were actually hale
and hearty. The babies delivered have been named King David Etimbok
Omotoyosi Amosun and Queen Elizabeth Morayoninuoluwa Onyiechukwu Amosun.
She enjoined the young ladies not to
despair or be demoralised but should rather see their situation as the
beginning of a new life.
“Our mandate is to see to the survival
and protection of the children and that is what we are doing. We are
very caring in Ogun State. We are not taking you as criminals, but
rather, as victims of circumstance, so I want you all to see yourpresent
situation as the beginning of a new life. Plan your next step of action
by returning back to school or try to learn a skill so that you would
be useful to yourself, people and your state in the nearest future”, she
said.
