A one-day-old baby girl was found abandoned near a church by the roadside in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
According to reports, a resident on her way
to a store in the area heard the baby crying by the road around 6.30 am. The
resident, upon moving closer to the crying baby, observed that she was wearing
long sleeve baby clothes, a cap and was wrapped in flannel.
The resident raised the alarm to attract
other persons in the area to the incident. When no one claimed the baby, the
resident reported the case to the Ikorodu Police Division.
The police spokesperson, SP Benjamin
Hundeyin, confirmed the incident and said the baby was receiving treatment at
the Ikorodu General Hospital.
“Around 7am today (Monday), a resident came
to the station and reported that on her way to a nearby provision store to buy
bread around 6.30am, she heard the cry of a baby.
“She checked and saw a newborn girl wrapped
and kept beside the road, close to a church. She called the attention of
neighbours but nobody claimed the baby, so she reported at the station,"
Hundeyin said.
“The baby, believed to be one day old, has
been taken from the scene and sent to the Ikorodu General Hospital for
treatment. The Family Support Unit of the Ikorodu Division is conducting a
preliminary investigation into the case," he added.
The identity of the person who abandoned the
baby remains unknown, but it is suspected that the baby’s mother abandoned her
at the location at midnight. The authorities are conducting an investigation to
find out who left the baby by the roadside.
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