A 20-year-old lady, Nwaedoka Chidimma, an idigene of Izzi community, Ebonyi State, allegedly threw her newborn baby into a pit toilet.
The incident occured on Sunday in Otuocha community, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to the report, Chidimma who was then pregnant went to the Otuocha where she had gone to carry out farming job, and squarted with a friend identified simply as Esther.
Explaining how it happened, Esther said the culprit, who was pregnant at the time, secured a farm job in the community and while on the farm, went to use the toilet after which she came back dripping with blood
According to Esther, a farmer, the suspect requested she stay at her(Esther) residence for a few days to enable her to carry out the farming job she secured in the area.
“Chidimma is my friend, she begged me to stay at my place for few days because of a farming job she got. She was working on the farm when she suddenly started acting funny after she complained of stomach upset and went to the pit toilet to ease herself.
“After spending time in the toilet, she came out with drops of blood. I thought she had a still birth and I quickly invited a nurse who after examining her, disclosed that the baby was gone.
“I encouraged her to travel back home to her parents and notify them of the development because I thought she had a stillbirth.
“It was on Tuesday when we started hearing a baby’s cry that we quickly used a ladder to climb down the pit and rescued the new born baby and immediately alerted security agencies and the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare.”
(Punch)
