The Ogun State Police Command says it has dismantled a child trafficking and illegal surrogacy syndicate operating under the cover of an orphanage, and arrested five suspects while rescuing seven children. The command’s spokesman, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the operation was carried out by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department.
He said the investigation began on November 28, 2025, following a report by a woman identified as Amara over the abduction of her six-year-old son, Samuel Honesty, in Idanyin. The child was later dropped at Gowon Police Station in Lagos on January 21, 2026, where he disclosed he had been taken to Joyful Kids Orphanage in Badagry, leading police to arrest the operator, Joy Chiedozie, also known as Madam Joy.
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Police said six additional children were rescued from the facility, while two pregnant teenagers were found and admitted; they had been recruited to carry pregnancies for sale at ₦1.5 million per child. One suspect is still at large, while the rescued children have been handed over to the Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, as investigations continue into the wider trafficking network.
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