Teenager allegedly dumps 1 week old baby in dustbin

A teenage girl, who allegedly dumped her one-week-old baby inside waste bin in Calabar, Cross River State, has reportedly been arrested by the police. The girl, whose name is still unknown, was said to have dumped the baby inside the iron wastes bin beside the Nigerian Immigration Service in Calabar. She was reportedly arrested early […]

A teenage girl, who allegedly dumped her one-week-old baby inside waste bin in Calabar, Cross River State, has reportedly been arrested by the police.

The girl, whose name is still unknown, was said to have dumped the baby inside the iron wastes bin beside the Nigerian Immigration Service in Calabar.

She was reportedly arrested early Wednesday morning, following a report allegedly made by her mother.

Female officers at the Calabar Airport police station, where the suspect was allegedly kept, said they could not confirm the suspect’s detention as they are not authorised to speak to the media.

The spokesperson of the police in the state, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the abandonment of the baby but refused to speak on the arrest.

However, witnesses and residents of the Nigeria Immigration Service headquarters, Calabar, who said they witnessed the arrest, confirmed the development.

One of the witnesses, Mrs Regina Akpan, told journalists that the suspect was seen at the waste bin at about 3am when she was thought to have abandoned the baby boy.

“It was the suspect’s mother that alerted the police about her whereabouts.  The mother said she had attempted to commit such crime with her first baby but she did not because she (her mother) intervened then and cautioned her,” Akpan said.