Niger: Abandoned baby found dead on farmland
The police command in Niger says it has uncovered the lifeless body of a baby suspected to be a day old in a farmland in Tayi in Minna.
Police spokesman Waisu Abiodun in Niger disclosed this on Tuesday.
He said on August 9, the GRA Police Division received information that a lifeless body of “about a day old child was found in a farmland in Tayi village, Minna.”
Mr Abiodun said police operatives of the GRA Division moved to the scene and invited welfare officials of Chanchaga LGA.
He also said the welfare officials brought in a medical practitioner who examined the baby and confirmed it dead. He said the incident was under investigation with the aid of the community to arrest the perpetrator of such an act.
Meanwhile, a resident of the area who did not want to be named said that the baby must have been abandoned by a woman who got pregnant out of wedlock.
“The person must have abandoned the baby while still alive, but due to severe exposure to cold, the baby died, this is the first time we are seeing this type of such occurrence in our area,” he said.
(NAN)
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