Urgent: Police Seek Assistance In Tracing Mother Of Baby Left In Anambra

Urgent: Police Seek Assistance In Tracing Mother Of Baby Left In Anambra

Anambra State’s Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has initiated an immediate inquiry into the discovery of a deceased newborn found in a sack near a refuse dump after Aroma Junction, along Ifite Road in Awka, the state capital……….. CONTINUE READING

Residents of the area were shocked in the early hours of Sunday, June 2, upon stumbling upon the day-old baby’s body wrapped in old clothes, which appeared to have been used to transport it to the location.

Passersby in the vicinity suspected that the baby had been abandoned alive, presumably by its mother, who seemingly did not wish to keep it. Witnesses reported hearing the baby cry for several hours during the night before the sack was discovered in the morning.

Tension rose when a commercial tricycle operator, picking up passengers near the scene, narrowly avoided running over the sack, seemingly unaware of its contents, which almost resulted in an altercation.Security operatives intervened to restore order, while onlookers observed the situation with dismay and disgust.

According to a statement issued on Monday by the state police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, preliminary investigations indicate that the baby was abandoned by an unidentified woman suspected to be the mother.

The baby’s body has been recovered, and the police are collaborating with eyewitnesses to apprehend the perpetrator.