8 Day Old Baby Dumped At Kaduna Cemetery Found Alive With Maggots All Over His Body

A baby boy suspected to be eight-day-old was
found wrapped inside a bag and abandoned at a
cemetery in Kakuri, Kaduna South local
government area of Kaduna State yesterday.
The boy, who had maggots coming out from
every opening on his body, was still alive,
according to two good Samaritans who located
him in the area.
Mr. Robert Ogbole, a student of Bayero University
Kano and Miss Grace Yahaya, a Kaduna State
athlete who found the baby, narrated their
experiences to newsmen at the Kakuri police
station where it was taken to after receiving first
aid at a nearby hospital in Kakuri.
Ogbole said: “I was at home at about 11: 30 am
when my younger brother (Mike), who passed
through the cemetery to the football field came
with a report that he heard the sound of a baby
inside a bag at the cemetery. So, I quickly called
my neighbour (Grace), and we ran to the place.
“On getting there, we found this baby boy
rapped all over with cloth and was kept in the
cemetery, so we picked him and this my
neighbour helped to unwrap him, the baby had
maggots coming from every opening of his body
but was still alive.
“We then took the baby to Young Men Christian
Association (YMCA) clinic in Kakuri where the
baby was treated before we brought him to the
police station.
“The nurse at the clinic confirmed that the baby
should be about a week old and probably would
have been in that condition for about four days,’’
she said.
When contacted, the Kaduna Police Public
Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Aminu Lawan,
confirmed the incident.
“When the baby boy was brought to our police
station in Kakuri, our men immediately swung
into action. We have taken the baby to the Saint
Gerard Catholic Hospital for necessary medical
investigation and treatment. At the end of the
treatment, we will process all the documents and
hand over the baby to the social welfare for
further necessary action.
Meanwhile, the PPRO said, the police will carry
out necessary investigation with a view to
unveiling the perpetrator of such dastardly act.
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