The rescued day-old baby
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos –
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a day-old female baby that was dumped near a sewage tank on Gowon Estate, Ipaja, area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos on Wednesday.
SP Hundeyin said that a member of the public found the baby inside a plastic bow at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and alerted officers at the Gowon Estate Police Division.
He said that the baby was rapped with a cloth.
“The officers promptly arrived at the scene and took the baby for immediate medical attention at a health centre.
“The baby is doing well.
“The officers have left the hospital for the Juvenile Welfare Centre, Alakara, Mushin, for custody,’’ he said
