A day-old baby dumped by his mother was discovered inside a canal located at Ijigbo-Atikankan junction in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Saturday.
The baby, which still had his placenta intact, was believed to have been dumped inside the canal shortly after delivery in the early hours of yesterday.
As passers-by gathered around the scene around 9.00am to catch a glimpse of the dead baby whose body had become swollen, the initial shock gave way to outrage as residents rained curses on the anonymous mother that carried out such an unholy act against an innocent child.
The sight of the bloated baby evoked emotions especially from the women folk, some of who could not stand the sight and heaped curses on the unknown mother as they turned away.
Others lamented that the heartless mother threw away a priceless gift that many others were looking for and suspected the baby might have been dumped inside the canal by one of the girls engaged in prostitution as the area is a red light district.
One of the sympathizers, who declined to mention her name said: “Why did the mother of this child do this wicked act? If she cannot take care of the baby, why can’t she take him to any of the orphanages around for those looking for children to adopt him?
“Nobody knows what this baby will become tomorrow. Even the woman that did this never knew the consequences of her action. In a situation where some women are crying to God to bless them with a child, here another gave birth to such a handsome baby boy and dumped him inside the river. What a sad situation
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