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| Uncompleted building (not the real one) |
In the early hours of today (18th
December), the barking of dogs drew the attention of passersby to an uncompleted
building in the Kafin taila B area of Chanchaga in Minna, the Niger state
capital in northern Nigeria.
What was gotten was the egregious sight of the
remains of a newly born baby girl with one of her legs eaten off by dogs.
I-witnesses have discerned by the quantity of blood found at the scene that the
baby must have been born there. Amidst poignant emotions, the corpse was
evacuated by authorities.
Picking dead and abandoned babies is a common occurrence
in Nigeria. The mothers are usually single girls who got pregnant out of
wedlock, are not prepared to start a family and fear the scorn of the society.
Though such occurrences are most commonly heard of in the southern part of the
country, it happens once in a while in the north too.
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