The Ogun State Police Command has launched a search for an unidentified woman accused of abandoning her newborn in front of Blessed Clinic in Oru Ijebu, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Reports indicate that the infant, believed to be no more than 40 days old, was left outside the clinic at around 6:45 a.m. on Friday. The clinic’s owner discovered the child and immediately brought them inside for medical care before notifying the Oru Police Division.
Confirming the incident, the state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, stated that an investigation is underway to identify those involved. “The medical doctor in charge of the hospital alerted our division about the child. We have initiated an investigation into the matter, and the child is currently receiving treatment at the hospital,” she said.
Cases of child abandonment are unfortunately not uncommon in Nigeria. In 2022, a baby girl who could neither speak nor walk was abandoned on Tajudeen Bello Street, Giwa Oke-Aro Road, Ogun State. Efforts to place her in an orphanage failed, leaving her in the care of the Agbado Police Division.
Similarly, in January 2024, police arrested a 30-year-old mother, Olubunmi Ajayi, for attempting to drown her five-month-old baby, Imole Anifowose, in a river near Remo Secondary School in Sagamu. A passerby, Olusola Sonaya, managed to rescue the child after the mother threw her into the water.
The Ogun State Police Command continues to address such troubling incidents, urging the public to report cases of child neglect and abandonment to the authorities.
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