3 ABANDONED BABIES WERE RESCUED BY THE POLICE IN FESTAC TOWN LAGOS.

                    According to The Nation,Police operatives attached to Festac Division have rescued three abandoned babies.While two of the babies were successfully abandoned at different locations of Festac Town,the mother of the third was caught after dropping the about three week old child near a gas station on 21 Road.It was gathered that the woman identified as Bose Ojo,27 went to the area about 9:00am On July 27,dropped the baby and left.Unfortunate for her,a resident in the area saw her from her apartment situated at the first floor of a high rise building.The resident,it was gathered raised alarm and the woman was chased,while policemen at Festac Division were notified.She was arrested and upon interrogation,the woman was said to have denied abandoning the baby.According to a police source,Ojo and her baby were examined at Mother and Child Hospital,First Avenue,after which the child was admitted.The source said ''She claimed that she did not abandon the child.That she dropped the baby to rest.The woman has no fixed address and she hawks sachet water.She said the child's father,a bus drver called Oduayo abandoned her after their home at Orile-Iganmu was demolished.The woman cannot keep that child unless she gets support.She is not married.No visible means of sustenance.No accomodation.She has no skills and she's not in good health too.The woman never attended antenatal and also had her baby in a neighbouring bush all by herself''.For the second child,a boy of about six weeks,he was found at Third Avenue,behind 'H' Close.The source further said ''A Good Samaritan who lives in the close,picked him up at about 9:18 am.The child was taken to the same hospital and he was certified okay.There is urgent need for protection order for both children''.