A newly born baby boy has been rescued from pit toilet in Otuocha, Anambra East local government area of the state three days after his birth.
The incident which happened on Sunday was said to be a deliberate act by one Nwaedoka Chidimma, a twenty-year old girl from Izzi, Ebonyi state.
According to Esther Omesi, a farmer and a friend to the twenty-year-old, Chidimma asked to stay at her place for few days because of a farming job she got, but she started acting suspiciously on Sunday after she notified her that she is having stomach upset and went to the pit toilet to ease herself.
Mrs Omesi revealed that Chidimma took time and when she came out, was dripping blood which made her to call a nurse that inspected her and revealed that Chidinma has had a delivery
Mrs Omesi further said that they heard a baby’s cry on Tuesday morning and quickly used a ladder to rescue the newborn who was dumped by Chidinma on Sunday after which they notified the necessary authority.
When the attention of the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare Mrs Ify Obinabo was called to the incident, she quickly intervened by taking the new born to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka for treatment and also arrested the culprit.
Mrs Obinabo decried the rate at which young girls now commit crime and promised that the young mother won’t go unpunished, and made it clear that Governor Chukwuma Soludo has zero tolerance for such inhumane acts and assured of seeing to the end of the case.
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