Residents of the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State were greeted with shock on Monday morning as a day-old baby girl that was abandoned close to a church was found in the area.
The baby was reportedly found by the roadside by a yet-to-be-identified resident around 6:30 am.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the resident was on her way to a store in the area when she heard the baby crying helplessly by the road.
Upon moving closer, the resident observed that she was wearing long sleeve baby clothes, a cap and was wrapped in flannel.
She was sad to have quickly alerted the rest of the residents who also trooped out in shock.
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The surprised residents waited to no avail for someone to claim the baby before reporting the case to the Ikorodu Police Division.
Confirming this, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told newsmen that the abandoned baby was receiving treatment at the Ikorodu General Hospital.
“Around 7am today (Monday), a resident came to the station and reported that on her way to a nearby provision store to buy bread around 6.30am, she heard the cry of a baby.
“She checked and saw a newborn girl wrapped and kept beside the road, close to a church. She called the attention of neighbours but nobody claimed the baby, so she reported at the station.
“The baby, believed to be one day old, has been taken from the scene, and sent to the Ikorodu General Hospital, for treatment. The Family Support Unit of the Ikorodu Division is conducting a preliminary investigation into the case,” Hundeyin said.