The lifeless body of a baby suspected to be a day old has been found in a farmland in Tayi village of Minna, Niger State.
The Police Command spokesperson in the state, SP Waisu Abiodun, said the baby’s body was discovered on August 9, 2024.
According to Abiodun, the GRA Police Division received information that the lifeless body of “about a day old child was found in a farmland in Tayi village, Minna”.
Abiodun said that police operatives of the GRA Division moved to the scene and invited welfare officials of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state.
The welfare officials then brought in a medical practitioner who examined the baby and confirmed it dead.
The incident, Abiodun said, was under investigation with the help of the community to arrest the perpetrator of such act.
Meanwhile, a resident of the area who pleaded anonymity said the baby must have been abandoned by a woman who got pregnant out of wedlock.
The resident said, “The person must have abandoned the baby while still alive, but due to severe exposure to cold, the baby died, this is the first time we are seeing this type of such occurrence in our area.”
