Three days after his mother abandoned the newborn kid in the pit latrine, rescuers found him in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to the Anambra Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Affairs, the kid was abandoned in the bathroom after his delivery on August 27, 2023, by his 20-year-old mother Nwaedoka Chidimma of Izzi, Ebonyi state.
One Esther Omesi, a farmer and a friend of Chidimma, stated that the suspect requested to remain at her property for a few days due to a farming task. She was there at the hospital with the newborn baby as a representative of the Anambra state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Affairs.
Omesi described how the suspect began acting strangely on Sunday after the victim told her she was experiencing a stomach ache and went to the pit to relieve herself.
OMESI QUOTED Chidimma took some time, then emerged from the bathroom covered in blood.
Omsesi claimed that she dialed a nurse, who examined Chidimma and discovered that the infant was missing.
he said that she thought that Chidinma had a stillbirth and encouraged her to travel home to her parents and notify them of the development.
Mrs. Omesi revealed that they heard a baby’s cry on Tuesday morning, August 29, and quickly used a ladder to rescue the newborn after which they notified the necessary authorities.
When the attention of the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon Ify Obinabo, was called to the incident, she quickly Intervened by taking the infant to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Amaku Awka for treatment and arrested the culprit.