Ayuba Mafi
An unknown mother abandoned a newborn baby boy a few hours after delivery with his umbilical cord is not cut in Sarkin Kudu, Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Universal reporters learned that the mother still at large abandoned the baby in an uncompleted building child for nobody, in particular, to take care of the boy and his needs.
A female social worker with Bogoro Local Government Area informed the reporters that the abandoned baby boy was found in the building on Thursday morning, June 2nd, 2022.
The social welfare officer who spoke in confidence to our correspondent said that “we of the local government will continue to take care of the baby until investigations are completed and the mother of the baby is found.
“Our office received a report yesterday that a newborn baby boy was abandoned in Sarkin Kudu. But before we got there, the baby boy had been picked up by a woman in the area. A started taking care of him”.
The new baby boy is doing well and he is in good health condition.
The social worker added that ” we have informed security agents, and investigation is on to find the mother of the abandoned baby boy”.
She thanked the woman who found, picked, and take care of the baby. She also urged the unknown mother to come and take her new baby born back.
An anonymous residence of Sarkin Kudu, who declined to give his name informed that “We woke up this morning with the sad news that a newborn baby boy has been abandoned near a bush in an incomplete building. The mother of the abandoned boy left him crying in an uncompleted building with sand all over his body.
He added that we asked our women to go and rescue the boy and they did. It is unfortunate and sad that a mother can be abandoned her newborn carelessly.
The resident suggested that the boy might have been delivered in the early hours of Thursday, an later abandoned in that building by the mother to die.
” It is sad that such a thing has happened here, but we are happy and thankful to God that the boy was found and saved from early death”. And has been handed over to social workers in the local government who have bought milk and the baby’s basic necessities.
Meanwhile, Bauchi State Police command public relations officer Ahmed Wakili confirmed the incident said yesterday Thursday, June 2nd, 2022, some good Samaritans of the community went to the Bogoro Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that on their way to the farm, they discovered an abandoned baby crying in an uncompleted building.
