The police in Bauchi have arrested, Juliana James, a mother-of-six, who threw her day-old baby into a soakaway pit after being delivered of the child at home, the Punch is reporting.
The suspect, who wept bitterly when paraded at the police
headquarters in Bauchi on Friday, said she was forced to dispose off the
child because of economic hardship as she could not include the burden
of taking care of it together with her six other children.
“Things are hard. My husband has no job. He had an accident three
months ago and it affected his manhood. He is still in the hospital
receiving treatment.
“I delivered at home and threw the baby in the toilet because I
don’t know how we are going to take care of it. I didn’t tell my
husband.”
The day-old baby was rescued alive after 12 hours of being inside
the pit when her cry attracted neighbours who rushed it to the Abubakar
Tafawa University Teaching Hospital for medical attention.
Addressing newsmen, Commissioner of Police in the state, Zaki
Ahmed, said the case was being investigated, revealing that the baby had
been handed over to social welfare officers at the hospital.
The worrying trend of new mothers disposing their newborns is
becoming very alarming. Just last month, the police arrested an
18-year-old who dumped her four-month-old baby under the Oshodi bridge
in Lagos.
Late last year, residents of Uyo watched as an abandoned baby cries
herself to death. Nobody tried to rescue her for fear of being arrested
by the police.
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