A 20-year-old woman in Anambra has allegedly dumped her newborn baby boy in a pit toilet.
The suspect, Chidinma Nwaedoka, a native of Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi, was said to have intentionally carried out the act on Sunday in Otuocha, a community in Anambra East Local Government Area of the state.
This was closed in a statement on Wednesday, August 30, by Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, a media aide to the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare in the state, Ify Obinabo.
Ikeanyionwu revealed that the baby had been rescued from the pit toilet, which was still under construction at the time of the incident.
Esther Omesi, a friend of the suspect, told the commissioner that the suspect, who was pregnant, had requested to stay at her place for a few days because of a farming job she got.
Omesi disclosed that after granting her request, the suspect told her that she had been having stomach upset and, consequently, went to her pit toilet ostensibly to ease herself but spent a lot of time in the pit.
She said:
“After some time, she came out with blood dripping out of her body. I asked her what happened to her, and she told me it looked like her baby shifted. I then called a nurse and told her that I didn’t know what was happening to my guest.
“The nurse checked her and said there was no longer a baby in her stomach. I felt the baby probably died. She (the suspect) then said she wanted to leave today (Tuesday) to tell her village people what happened.
“So later today (on Tuesday), when I got to the pit toilet, which was uncovered, I heard a cry like that of a baby. I was surprised.
“I called my niece, whom I stay with, to check the pit to ascertain what cried out. I then peeped into the pit and saw it was a baby and began to shout for help.”
