News from Niger State
Police recorver lifeless body of a baby on farmland in Niger
The Police Command in Niger says it has uncovered the lifeless body of a baby suspected to be a day old in a farmland in Tayi village of Minna, Niger.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Niger, SP Waisu Abiodun, made the disclosure in Minna on Tuesday.
He said that on Aug. 9, the GRA Police Division received information that a lifeless body of “about a day old child was found in a farmland in Tayi village, Minna”.
Abiodun said that the police operatives of the GRA Division moved to the scene and invited welfare officials of Chanchaga Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, the welfare officials brought in a medical practitioner who examined the baby and confirmed it dead.
He said that the incident was under investigation with the aid of the community to arrest the perpetrator of such act.