The baby
By Our Reporter
The police have disclosed how a one-day-old baby abandoned in Ikorodu, Lagos State was Rescued.
According to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the baby was abandoned, rescued and currently receiving treatment at the Ikorodu General Hospital.
He said, “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.
“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.”
The baby our correspondent gathered was abandoned close to a church by the roadside in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
