A day‑old baby girl was abandoned by the roadside near a church in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. Around 6:30 a.m., a resident on her way to a nearby store heard a baby crying. When she approached, she saw the newborn wrapped in flannel, wearing long‑sleeve baby clothes and a cap.
The resident raised the alarm to attract attention, but no one claimed the child. Suspecting that the baby’s mother had left her at the site around midnight, the resident reported the incident to the Ikorodu Police Division.
State Police Public Relations Officer SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed that the baby was taken to Ikorodu General Hospital for treatment. He said, “Around 7 a.m. today (Monday), a resident came to the station and reported that on her way to a nearby provision store to buy bread, she heard the cry of a baby. She checked and saw a newborn girl wrapped and kept beside the road, close to a church. She called the attention of neighbours but nobody claimed the baby, so she reported at the station. The baby, believed to be one day old, has been taken from the scene and sent to Ikorodu General Hospital for treatment.”
The Family Support Unit of the Ikorodu Division is conducting a preliminary investigation into the case.
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