Week-old baby found dead in canal near UNILAG Main-Gate
IF
curses could kill, the mother who abandoned her baby boy, thought to
about a week-old in the canal near University of Lagos (UNILAG),
Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, would have died severally by now.
Such was the shock, pity, and anger from passers-by, even as many cried, when the baby, still with the placenta, was found dead about 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday.
An eyewitness said the baby was discovered by a student, who “raised alarm at the shocking sight of the baby swaddled in a lace wrapper and abandoned in the canal.
“A Good Samaritan in the neighbourhood, Abdulbalai Hambali, lowered himself into the canal with a ladder and brought out the body.
“Men and women shed tears at the sight of the beautiful baby, many cursing the mother for being so heartless”, the eyewitness told The Guardian.
Even yesterday, people milled around First Gate, still talking about the baby, who the mother could be and why, after carrying the pregnancy for nine months and successfully delivering the child, abandoned him in the canal to die.
“She could have left the baby where people would see him and take him to safety in the many Motherless Babies’ Homes.
“She had an alternative to killing her baby,” one angry man said.
A lady, Juliet Okoli said: “A woman gave birth and threw the baby into a canal with the placenta uncut. She must be wicked and heartless after carrying a pregnancy for nine months.
“I wish I could lay my hands on her and squeeze the life out of her. What happened to the motherless baby’s home, why couldn’t she take the baby there?”
Another woman said, “Oh my God! After nine good months? Why?”
Trying to explain what happened, a woman Mrs. Titilayo said: “It could only be the handiwork of teenagers, who are not yet ripe for motherhood.
“This is what we get in a society where no one cares about morals, where cohabitation and fornication are becoming the norm.”
Such was the shock, pity, and anger from passers-by, even as many cried, when the baby, still with the placenta, was found dead about 10.00 a.m. on Tuesday.
An eyewitness said the baby was discovered by a student, who “raised alarm at the shocking sight of the baby swaddled in a lace wrapper and abandoned in the canal.
“A Good Samaritan in the neighbourhood, Abdulbalai Hambali, lowered himself into the canal with a ladder and brought out the body.
“Men and women shed tears at the sight of the beautiful baby, many cursing the mother for being so heartless”, the eyewitness told The Guardian.
Even yesterday, people milled around First Gate, still talking about the baby, who the mother could be and why, after carrying the pregnancy for nine months and successfully delivering the child, abandoned him in the canal to die.
“She could have left the baby where people would see him and take him to safety in the many Motherless Babies’ Homes.
“She had an alternative to killing her baby,” one angry man said.
A lady, Juliet Okoli said: “A woman gave birth and threw the baby into a canal with the placenta uncut. She must be wicked and heartless after carrying a pregnancy for nine months.
“I wish I could lay my hands on her and squeeze the life out of her. What happened to the motherless baby’s home, why couldn’t she take the baby there?”
Another woman said, “Oh my God! After nine good months? Why?”
Trying to explain what happened, a woman Mrs. Titilayo said: “It could only be the handiwork of teenagers, who are not yet ripe for motherhood.
“This is what we get in a society where no one cares about morals, where cohabitation and fornication are becoming the norm.”
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