The Bauchi State command of the Nigeria Police Force has launched a manhunt for a woman who reportedly abandoned her newborn baby boy with his placenta still attached in an uncompleted building in the Sarkin Kudu area of Bogoro local government area.
She said, "Our office received a report yesterday (Thursday) that a newborn baby boy was abandoned in Sarkin Kudu. Before we got there, the newborn baby had been picked up by one of the women in the area who had started taking care of him.
"He is now doing well and in good condition. We have also informed the security agents and investigation is ongoing to get the mother of the baby."
Security agencies in the area as well as the LGA authorities are in search of the unknown lady as disclosed by a social worker, Mrs Fibi Hassan who spoke to newsmen.
She said that the unknown lady abandoned the newborn baby after she successfully delivered it on Thursday near a bush in Sarkin Kudu, Bogoro.
Fibi Hassan said that “yes this our office received a report that a newborn baby boy was abandoned in the bush in Sarkin Kudu. Before we got there the newborn baby has been picked up by one of the women in the area who took care of the baby.”
She added that “The baby is now doing well and in good condition. We have also informed the security and Investigations are ongoing to uncover the identity of the lady.”
The Social Worker also said that the social welfare office will continue to take care of the baby until the investigation is completed and the person identified.
Mr. Luka Danladi a resident of Sarkin Kudu narrated, “We woke up this morning with the sad news that a newborn baby boy had been abandoned near a bush here.”
According to him, “The mother of the baby left him crying on top of one rock with his face covered to the ground and we quickly told some of our women who rushed to rescue the new baby.”
Luka Danladi stressed that “The mother left the newborn baby without cutting the placenta without clothes with the intention that the baby will just die before daybreak. But thank God the baby is saved from danger and death.