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40-year-old widow identified as Mujidat was caught on Wednesday with a
dead day old baby hidden in a sack around her home at 2, Reverend Alimi
street, NEPA phase 1, Ijagemo in Iba local council development area of
Lagos state.
The
mother of five was caught by a high Chief, Babatunde Balogun a member
of the community when she was trying to dispose the baby at about 5p.m
on Wednesday.
According
to report, when Balogun questioned her on the content of the sack, she
said it contained household items which bought from the market but when
he looked closely, he noticed it was a dead day old baby which the woman
had allegedly just delivered.
That was when he raised an alarm calling the attention of other residents.
Mujidat
said she didn’t see the need of going to any hospital to deliver as she
found delivery easy and therefore claimed to have done everything
herself.
It was gathered that different men have been visiting her home after the death of her husband three years ago.
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. .
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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