A 40-year old widow named Mujidat was caught on Wednesday October 30th with a dead day old baby she hid inside a sack in Lagos.
It was gathered that a member of the community, High Chief Babatunde
Balogun caught the mother of seven when she was trying to dispose the
baby at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday. When questioned on the content of the
sack, she claimed she was coming from the market where she bought some household items.
However, on a closer look, Balogun discovered that the sack contained a
dead day old baby the woman allegedly had just delivered. He then
called the attention of the other residents. Neighbours told P.M News
that after Mujidat’s husband known as Baba Mushin died about three years
ago, they have seen men visiting her residence, the house built by her
late husband.
When asked if she planned to throw away the baby
because of an alleged paternity mess, she denied, claiming that a welder
turned block maker near her residence was responsible for the pregnancy
that resulted in the birth of the dead baby she was caught with.
She claimed she took delivery of the baby by herself because she found
it easy and therefore did not go to any hospital or sought anybody’s
help.
At about 9 p.m yesterday when P.M.NEWS visited the area,
residents of the area were still milling around the residence of the
woman.
Officials of the Community Development Association, CDA,
in the area later accompanied the woman and her sack of baby to the
Isheri-Oshun Police Division where the matter was reported. At the time
of this report, the woman was still being interrogated
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