By Hassan Auwal
The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that a newly borned baby was abandoned by an unknown mother in Sarkin Kudu village, Bogoro local government area of Bauchi state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Friday, said that the baby was found in an uncompleted building in the area.
According to him, the incident was reported to the Police yesterday Thursday 2nd June, 2022 at about 8.30am.
He said some good Samaritans went to the Bogoro Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that on their way to the farm, they discovered an abandoned baby crying in an uncompleted building.
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“On receiving the complain, the DPO and his team of officers and men moved to the scene and took the abandoned baby to the Bogoro General Hospital for medical checkup”, SP Wakil explained.
He said, after the medical doctors have certified that the baby is healthy, they handed the baby to the Social Welfare Department of Bogoro Local Government Area.
The PPRO said, investigation has commence and will be expanded in order to get the mother of the baby.
SP Wakil said, Police investigation will also unearth the reason why the unknown mother abandoned the baby in that manner.
Residents expressed regret that the yet to be traced nursing mother abandoned the baby to die without clothes and with his placenta yet to be removed.
An anonymous Social Worker in the area, said that the baby was found by residents of the area, adding that the baby is in their care.
She said that the social welfare office of the local government will continue to take care of the baby until investigations are completed and the mother of the baby found.
“Our office received a report yesterday (Thursday) that a newborn baby boy was abandoned in Sarkin Kudu. Before we got there the newborn baby had been picked up by one of the woman in the area who had started taking care of him”, she said.
“He is now doing well and in good condition. We have also informed the security agents and investigation is ongoing to get the mother of the baby,” the social worker noted.
The social worker who expressed appreciation to the people of the area and the woman that discovered and took care of the baby, appealed to the unknown mother to come and claim her newborn baby.
A resident of the area said they woke up in the morning of Thursday with a sad news that a newborn baby boy has been abandoned near a bush.
“The mother of the baby left him crying on top of one rock in the area with his face covered to the ground”, he said.
“We quickly asked some of our women to rescue the baby and they did. It is really sad and unfortunate that the mother left the mother of the newborn baby abandoned him without removing his placenta and without clothes”, the resident added.
“The baby was born in the middle of the night of Wednesday and the mother abandoned him there. I’m sure she abandoned him with the intention that he will just die before day break”, the resident further observed.
He said the baby was handed over to Social Workers in the area adding that they have gone to the market where they bought the basic things needed to take care of the baby including clothes and milk.
Security agents and the local government authorities in Bogoro LGA have initiated a search for the mother of the newborn baby.
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