Another one-month-old female child that was abandoned at Odun-Ade Filling Station junction, Orile Bus Stop, Lagos State, has been rescued by the police command.
The police spokesman in the command, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, said that the baby was rescued on Friday, May 14, 2021, at about 8am.
Adejobi disclosed that the baby was sighted by some passersby who alerted police operatives attached to Orile Division of the police command, before she was rescued and handed over to the Gender Unit at Ikeja.
After receiving the baby, the PPRO stated that the officer in charge of the Gender Unit took the tot to the office of the command’s Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu.
The police commissioner was said to have directed that the baby be accorded proper medical attention and taken to a government accredited shelter (facility) for custody and proper care.
“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, reassured the general public that the command will continue to work with all relevant government agencies and interest groups in fighting against this inhuman act and other social vices in Lagos State,” Adejobi added.
