Police in Ogun State have arrested a 30-year-old woman, Risikat Olabintan, for throwing her one-day-old baby into a soak-away pit.
A statement by the spokesman of Ogun State Police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Thursday said, “on receiving the information, the DPO Owode-Yewa, quickly led team of policemen to the scene where the baby was rescued with the assistance of members of the public.
“On interrogation, she confessed that she actually gave birth to the baby, which is the sixth of her children and that she has no means of feeding them all since her husband has absconded to an unknown destination for some time now.”
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, has directed that the case be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation.