Woman caught trying to dispose dead baby in sack

A 40-year old widow was caught on Wednesday trying to dispose of a dead day-old baby she hid inside a sack.

A community elder High Chief Babatunde Balogun caught one Mujidat, mother of seven, when she was  trying to dispose the baby at about 5pm around her residence at 2, Reverend Alimi Street, NEPA Phase I, Ijagemo in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos.

When questioned on the content of the sack, she claimed she was coming from the market where she bought some household items.

However, on a closer look, Balogun discovered that the sack contained a dead day old baby whom the woman allegedly had just delivered.

He then called the attention of the other residents. After Mujidat's husband known as Baba Mushin died about three years ago, they have seen men visiting her residence, the house built by her late husband.

When asked if she planned to throw away the baby because of an alleged paternity mess, she denied, claiming  that a welder turned block maker near her residence was responsible for the pregnancy that resulted in the birth of the dead baby she was caught with. .

She claimed she took delivery of the baby by herself because she found it easy and therefore did not go to any hospital or sought anybody's  help.

Officials of the Community Development Association, CDA, in the area later accompanied the woman and her sack of baby to the Isheri-Oshun Police Division where the matter was reported.

Culled from PM News