AN unidentified teenage mother has dumped her new-born baby girl in
a church, leaving a note behind in which she pleaded with the priest to
assume full custody of the child as well as her upkeep as she would
return at “the appropriate time” to claim the baby.
The incident occurred, weekend, in Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.
An eyewitness told our reporter that parishioners at Saint Augustine’s Catholic Church, Ibusa, were shocked to find the new born baby girl at the front of the church when they went for early morning mass.
The witness, one of the parishioners, who pleaded anonymity, said: “My brother, it was a big shock. The mother of the baby even wrote a note to the parish priest, saying that he should name the child Ogechi, and promised to come for her at the appropriate time.”
Meantime, four young boys have been arrested in Asaba for allegedly stealing a cow.
The boys were apprehended by members of the local vigilante, weekend, at a hideout while attempting to haul the cow into a vehicle and were promptly handed over to the police at the ‘A’ Division Asaba.
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