Nigeria:3 Abandoned Babies found in Bauchi

Nigeria: 3 Abandoned Babies Found in Bauchi

Daily Trust (Abuja)
31 August 2007Posted to the web 31 August 2007
Ahmed MohammedBauchi
Three babies were found in Bauchi, two in hotel rooms while the other one was found inside the toilet of his mother's house.
Daily Trust investigations revealed that two babies were found dead and one was alive.
Speaking to Daily Trust over the incident the police public relations officer (PPRO), Bauchi state police command, ASP Alhassan Idris Gambo, said " one person, John Mathias of Igbo quarters ward in Bauchi, has reported to the Bauchi township police station that he suspected that the junior sister of his wife, Victoria Andrew, had delivered a baby and thrown it inside the toilet.”
ASP Alhassan added "police went to the house and found the baby which they removed from the toilet and took it to the Bauchi Specialist Hospital where the doctor confirmed the baby dead. The mother of the baby was admitted in the Hospital and maybe charged to court when she recovers from her illness".
The police PPRO said the other two babies; one found in one of the hotels in Yelwa had decomposed when he was found in the dustbin inside the room and the other one survived, adding that police are still investigating the two incidents.
He added, "The Bauchi state police command is worried about the increase in these criminal. Acts any person caught will face the wrath of the law and advised anybody with useful information to come and inform the police.