NEW BORN RESCUED FROM PIT TOILET AFTER THREE DAYS OF BIRTH BY 20 YEAR OLD MOTHER
By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu
A newly born baby boy has been rescued from pit toilet in Otuocha, Anambra East local government area of the state three days after birth.
The incident which happened on Sunday was said to be a deliberate act of one Nwaedoka Chidimma, a 20 Year Old girl from Izzi, Ebonyi state.
According to Esther Omesi, a farmer and a friend to the 20 Year Old, Chidimma asked to stay at her place for few days because of a farming job she got but started acting suspiciously on Sunday after she notified her that she's having stomach upset and went to the pit to ease her self.
According to Mrs Omesi, Chidimma took time and when she came out, was dripping of blood which made her to call a nurse that inspected her and revealed that the baby is gone. She said that she thought that Chidinma had a still birth reason why she encouraged her to travel home to her parents and notify them of the development.
Mrs Omesi revealed that they heard a baby's cry on Tuesday morning and quickly used a ladder to rescued the new born who was dumped by the mother on Sunday after which they notified the necessary authority.
When the attention of the Honourable Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare was called to the incident, she quickly Intervened by taking the new born to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka for treatment and arrested the culprit.
Hon Ify Obinabo decried the rate at which young girls now commit crime and stated that the young mother won't go unpunished.
She further noted that the governor of Anambra state, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo has zero tolerance for such inhumane and dastardly act and assured of seeing to the end of the case.
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