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  • Task force arrests abandoned baby’s mum

    Task force arrests abandoned baby’s mum

    Lagos State Envitonmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) operatives yesterday arrested a mother after rescuing a four-month old baby, she allegedly dumped at Oshodi Under Bridge.

    The baby boy was wrapped inside a bag. The task force chairman, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Superintendent of Police, led his men to rescue the child.

    In a statement, the agency said the mother, Timilehin Adeshina, 18, was arrested while running away after dumping the baby.

    Upon interrogation, the woman, it said, confessed that she dumped the baby because she could no longer take care of him. Her family members, she claimed, were not ready to accommodate her and the baby.

     She claimed, she was driven out with the baby by her mother to go and locate the father.

     ”My mother sent me out because I gave birth and could not identify the man who impregnated me as different men slept with me,” she was quoted.

     According to her, she dropped from Lovely School, Ejigbo, Lagos, in JSS II, because of poverty.

    She alleged that her mother, who hails from Delta State, lives at 26, Coker Street, Ejigbo, Lagos. She said her father died nine years ago.

     She said she slept with men for money after she was driven out with her baby.

     Egbeyemi said police chief Fatai Owoseni has directed that the mother and child be transferred to The Social Welfare Department of the Lagos State Ministry of Youths and Social Development.

  • Anambra first lady describes abandoned baby as Easter gift

    Anambra first lady describes abandoned baby as Easter gift

    The wife of Anambra governor, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, has described a baby abandoned at a refuse dump and later rescued on March 22 as a perfect Easter gift to the state.

    The day-old baby, who has been named “Baby Moses”, was discovered at Nibo in Awka South local government area of the state.

    He was the third abandoned baby rescued under the two-year old administration of Governor Willie Obiano.

    Obiano said this during a visit to ascertain the health status of “Baby Moses’’ at the Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Amaku, Awka, on Friday.

    The governor’s wife assured that she would take full responsibility for the care and upkeep of the baby like the previous ones through her NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE).

    “As the mother of six million Anambra citizens, it is my responsibility to care and nurture the baby who may eventually turn-out to be governor of the state in future,’’ she said.

    On what may have induced a mother to abandon her child, she said that no one knew.

    “Nobody knows the reason why the mother of this child abandoned him, but on one hand I condemn the act of abandoning the baby while on the other hand I commend her for wrapping the baby well and ensuring that he did not suffocate.

    “Perhaps, she heeded my previous plea for mothers with unwanted babies to keep them where they can be seen and taken care of.

    “They can drop them near governor’s lodge, fire station or a hospital,’’ she said.

    Obiano said that she was happy that the baby was healthy and well-taken care of by the teaching hospital.

    She praised the professionalism of the doctors, nurses and management for sparing no effort and material in their response to ensure the survival of the baby.

    Also in the spirit of Easter, Obiano said that she was ready to ensure that “Baby Moses’’ and every other baby grow up healthy.

    She urged Anambra women to imbibe the biblical injunction to “love your neighbour as yourself”, and “be our brothers and sisters keepers’’.

    “Always look out to help those in need around us especially in the present harsh economic condition of the country,’’ she said.

    Earlier, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Lawrence Ikeakor, said that they received “Baby Moses’’ in critical condition but thanked God that he was responding to treatment.

    He said that the baby, who weighs 1.25 kilogram, would remain in the incubator for two weeks when they expect that the weight would improve to 1.8kg.

    Ikeakor commended the wife of the governor for her caring nature and visit to the hospital, as well as the state government for providing the equipment necessary for treatment of such cases.

    “The equipment is assisting us in the effective discharge of our duties,” he said.

  • Councils lifts ‘abandoned’ baby

    Councils lifts ‘abandoned’ baby

    THE Amuwo-Odofin Local Government and Oriade Local Council Development Area (LCDA) have come to the aid of a baby found abandoned in a noodles carton.

    Executive Secretary of Amuwo-Odofin Deaconess Modupe Ajibola-Ojodu and her Oriade counterpart Bola Badmus-Olujobi yesterday visited the Festac Police Station where the baby was taken to.

    Deaconess Modupe Ajibola-Ojodu donated diapers and food to the baby.

    Badmus-Olujobi said: ‘’We were surprised to once again hear of such barbaric act being perpetrated by individuals’’.

    The baby is now at St. Jude’s Hospital, Festac Town, Lagos.

    Festac’s Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Monday Agbonika, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), promised  that the baby would be given adequate protection, saying: “It is our duty to keep the baby safe before she is transferred to an orphanage home.”

     

  • Why I abandoned wife, day old triplets at the hospital – fleeing husband

    Why I abandoned wife, day old triplets at the hospital – fleeing husband

    The birth of a new born baby is a huge source of joy to many and much more if it is multiple births at a time, but for 32 years old  Jimoh Kabiru, an auto mechanic in Kuto area of Abeokuta, Ogun State, the experience is different.

    Rather than embrace the bundles of joy with with open arm and jubilation, Kabiru had fled home, abandoning his wife and triplets at the Lantoro Catholic Hospital Abeokuta.

    The wife, Mrs Tope Kabiru, a petty fashion designer, just delivered the triplets yesterday at the said hospital through caesarian session(CS) and the babies are still kept in  incubators to enhance their survival chances.

    From his hideout, Kabi who said he makes about N1000 daily from his mechanic trade, told The Nation that he bolted from home when informed his wife had delivered triplets, because he does not have about N250,000 required to offset the hospital bill and buy basic things the babies need.

    Kabiru said: “I ran away from and family members on being told my wife delivered three babies through operation. I have no money in hand for the expense.  I had already N50,000 my friends rallied to gather for me and there is no other way to get money. I will be requiring about N250,000:00 to settle the hospital bill and do other things.”

  • Baby abandoned in church

    A day-old baby boy has been abandoned at Victory Church in Afunwa, Benin, Edo State.
    The baby’s cries were heard by a passerby, a woman, who found him in the church covered with birth fluid.
    It appears the baby was delivered by a young girl, who left him behind.
    The passerby said she met the girl at the church entrance and asked her whose baby was crying, but the girl said the baby’s mother was inside the church.
    The police confirmed the incident. They said the Good Samaritan reported the case at Ugbekun Police Station and the child had been taken to an orphanage home.