The wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs Pricilla Otti has visited Madonna College of Health Technology, Olokoro, Umuahia South LGA to see pregnant girls that were rescued from a baby factory in the State, last weekend.
The young girls were rescued from a baby factory at Umunkpeyi Nvosi in Isiala Ngwa South LGA, weekend, by men of the Nigerian Army from the 14 Brigade Ohafia during a special operation.
During the raid, 22 girls were rescued by the Army and it was later discovered that 21 of the of the girls were at various stages of pregnancy, though the owner of the baby factory fled to an unknown destination before the arrival of the Army team.
Moved by the plight of the girls, the Abia State First Lady, Pricilla, on Tuesday, paid a visit to Madonna College of Health Technology Olokoro where the girls are being given temporary medical attention.
The Governor’s wife, who expressed sadness at the condition the girls were subjected to, frowned that the operator of the baby factory took advantage of the victims.
She further expressed surprise that such heinous crime was being perpetrated in Abia, but assured that the rescued girls would be rehabilitated.
Mrs Otti vowed to protect the lives and rights of girls and children in the State.
Welcoming Mrs Otti to the medical facility, the Provost of the College, Rev Fr Christian Anokwuru praised the Abia First Lady for her interest in the rescued girls.
Fr Anokwuru disclosed that the girls were being kept in the maternity section of the College of Health after they were brought there by Abia State government.
The Provost, who revealed that one of the rescued girls had been delivered