Among the piles of refuse in Calabar, Cross River state, the body of a newborn baby boy clothed in a yellow top and shorts was discovered.
Reports revealed that an unidentified individual, suspected to be the mother, abandoned the baby on Sunday night. The infant was found on Monday morning by residents of the Atimbo area in Calabar.
Tragically, the baby was found to be deceased when discovered, having been laid in a carton.
Speaking to Paradise News, a resident of Atimbo, Ekanem Effiom, expressed the distressing scene, stating, “I woke up early this morning to dispose off my refuse so to prepare my children for school, then I saw people gathered around the waste bin. I asked what was going on, someone then related to me that it was an abandoned baby. I then walked up to the bin, only to see a fine baby well dressed with curly hair. One man summoned courage to check on the baby, he discovered its no longer breathing. He did everything possible, but his efforts and that of others were unfruitful.It was a baby boy and the baby was well delivered. It must be a trained person that delivered the mother of the baby” said Effiom.
