The Lagos State Police Command said it has rescued a day-old baby dumped inside a sewage tank in the state. In a statement released by the police command, the baby was dumped around the Gowon estate area of the state. Posting photos of the baby on its Twitter handle, the command wrote; ‘’A day-old female baby was found in a sewage tank at about 8:30am today. Officers of Gowon Estate Division, upon being alerted, promptly arrived at the scene. The baby was taken for immediate medical attention at a health center and is doing well.‘’
In a similar news, the police also rescued a baby abandoned under a parked bus in the Mile 12 area of the state in June. A spokesperson for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his verified Twitter handle @benhundeyin. He said the cry of the baby attracted a passer-by, who informed the police. “A Lagosian set out for work at about 4.30 a.m. yesterday (Wednesday) and heard the cry of a baby under a parked bus somewhere in Mile 12, Ketu. “Police officers from Ketu Division, after being alerted, have taken the healthy baby girl into safe custody,” he said.