Residents and passersby wept as they found a newborn baby dumped in a
gutter in Lagos, yesterday. The baby was said to have been abandoned at
about 6.35 am, in the drainage opposite a church along Mushin Road,
Surulere.
People who rushed to save the baby boy wrapped in a shawl believing
he was still alive were disappointed as unfortunately he had died. The
sight drew tears from people, especially women, who wept openly as they
saw the baby. They described the baby as beautiful, raining curses on
the mother or whoever perpetrated the evil act. Some believed the baby
would not be more than 12 hours old because the navel was still fresh
with blood dripping from it. The body of the baby was also fresh.
“People saw pigs eating something with blood. They suspected that it
could be a baby when they saw the leg. People cried openly as they
noticed that what the pigs were eating was actually a baby delivered by a
human being. They had to throw stone at the pigs. After chasing them
away they invited officials of the local government who came to remove
the remains of the baby,
Why didn’t she drop the baby at the door of a church so that the
church can take care of the baby? Why gutter?”
Sun
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