A 40-year old widow named Mujidat was
caught yesterday Wednesday October 30th with a dead day old baby she hid inside a sack
around her residence at at the Iba area of Lagos,
PM News reports.
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.
