Woman Caught With Dead New Born Baby Inside Waste Sack

A 40-year-old widow identified as Mujidat was caught on
Wednesday with a dead day old baby hidden in a sack
around her home at 2, Reverend Alimi street, NEPA phase
1, Ijagemo in Iba local council development area of Lagos
state.
The mother of five was caught by a high Chief, Babatunde
Balogun a member of the community when she was trying
to dispose the baby at about 5p.m on Wednesday.
According to report, when Balogun questioned her on the
content of the sack, she said it contained household items
which bought from the market but when he looked closely,
he noticed it was a dead day old baby which the woman
had allegedly just delivered.
That was when he raised an alarm calling the attention of
other residents.
Mujidat said she didn’t see the need of going to any
hospital to deliver as she found delivery easy and therefore
claimed to have done everything herself.
It was gathered that different men have been visiting her
home after the death of her husband three years ago.
When asked if she planned to throw away the baby
because of an alleged paternity mess, she denied,
claiming that a welder turned block maker near her
residence was responsible for the pregnancy that resulted
in the birth of the dead baby she was caught with. .
Officials of the Community Development Association, CDA,
in the area later accompanied the woman and her sack of
baby to the Isheri-Oshun Police Division where the matter
was reported.
At the time of this report, the woman was still being
interrogated.