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The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the mother of a newborn baby dumped in a bush at Akwanga.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed this to our reporter on Thursday in Lafia, the state capital.
“The mother of the baby has been identified and arrested. The CP ordered a transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for comprehensive investigation and prosecution of the suspect,” he said.
The baby was allegedly dumped by her mother in the popular A. A. Koto area of Akwanga town, and found alive by residents and handed over to the police.
A resident who would not want his name mentioned in print told our reporter that the newborn, a baby girl, was found on Wednesday in a bush along Hope Academy Primary School, Akwanga.
“The baby was wrapped in a cloth and dumped in the bush by her mother, a final-year NCE student of the College of Education, Akwanga,” the eyewitness narrated.
Sympathisers from the community who trooped out to witness the found baby expressed bitterness, describing the incident as cruel and blaming the action on the current hardship families are made to face.
