The Lagos State Task Force says its men have rescued a four- month-old baby boy put in a bag and dumped under the bridge in Oshodi area of the state.
The Chairman of the outfit, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, told newsmen in Ikeja that the enforcement team of the Task Force rescued the baby while on duty in the area.
Egbeyemi said that the 18-year-old mother of the baby was arrested by an official of the force when she was running away after dumping the baby.
He said that during an investigation, the mother confessed that she dumped the baby because she could no longer take care of him.
“We have briefed the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, about the incident and he has directed that the baby and his mother be immediately transferred to Social Welfare Department of the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development,’’ Egbeyemi said.
The mother told newsmen that she decided to dump the baby when none of her family members was ready to accommodate and help her.
“My mother sent me out because I could not identify the man who impregnated me. I had sex with different men,” she said.
According to her, she dropped out of school in JSS II, due to poverty.
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ReplyDeleteStories like this usually filter the news in the 90's,i don't expect such stories nowadays. This is a typical case of bad parenting, bcos they shouldn't have sent her packing no matter what. Am not saying what the girl did was right, but govt should also create proper awareness of its youth and welfare ministry.
ReplyDeleteWhy was the original write up of this story changed? Is it cos it was thoroughly embarrassing that the girl live in the streets or that she was prostituting?
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