Abandoned Newborn Found on Roadside in Niger State
A newborn baby girl, abandoned by an unidentified woman, was rescued by a good Samaritan named Fatima Adamu. The infant was found along Kuta Road, opposite the Central Mosque in Minna, the capital of Niger state.
The baby was taken to the Niger State Child Right Protection Agency in Minna on Tuesday, January 28.
According to Adamu, she was alerted by her neighbors after the baby, wrapped in a cloth, was discovered by a passerby.
"When I arrived at the scene, I found a crowd gathered around where the baby was abandoned. No one dared touch the baby, as no one except the playing children saw the woman who left her behind. The children told us they saw a woman get off a motorcycle and leave something that was moving," she recounted.
"The children immediately informed their parent...