A woman escaped death by the whiskers in Ajegunle area of Lagos
State, yesterday, when she was attacked by mob who suspected that she
was carrying a stolen day-old baby.
LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that the woman who sells foodstuff
at Cemetery Market, Ajegunle, was carrying the he grandchild, earlier
delivered by her daughter at a private hospital in Aiyetoro, Ajegunle
(name withheld), yesterday and was going to her residence at Abukuru
Street, Ajegunle when some people who thought she may not have delivered the baby because of her age, became suspicious.
All efforts made by the grandmother to convince them that her
daughter who is a footballer delivered the child same day proved
abortive as they attacked her, tearing her clothes. The grandmother
managed to hold on to the baby as they meted out inhuman treatment on
her and the baby began to bleed from the cord because of the attack.
She cried that they should not kill her and the child and pleaded
that they should investigate before attacking her. She even showed them
some new clothes belonging to the baby which were in her possession but
they would not listen.
The divisional police officer of Ajegunle police station, CSP Abayomi
Agbana was however alerted and he drafted a team of policemen to the
scene and they rescued the grandmother and the new born baby to the
station.
The medical director of the hospital (name withheld) where the baby
was delivered, was also invited to the station by the police.
The doctor disclosed that the victim is the grandmother of the baby,
adding that he asked the grandmother to carry the baby to her residence
because her daughter who delivered the baby is suffering from anaemia.
The doctor said the woman was delivered of the baby at about 8:45am
and the mother could not breastfeed the baby because of her poor health
condition, adding that any attempt to breastfeed the baby would lead to
her death because she lost a lot of blood and her colour was fading.
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