Woman delivers, abandons baby in Anambra hospital - Daily Post Nigeria

A source told our correspondent that the incident, which happened on Monday, has set tongues wagging in the community.

However, when the nurses left to attend to other patients in a different ward, the newly delivered mother sneaked out of the ward and allegedly escaped, leaving behind the newborn baby. “She was quickly attended to and fifteen minutes later she successfully delivered a baby girl while the nurses left to attend to other patients.

The Police Public Relations Officer of Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed, while confirming this, said the matter was reported to a police station in the community, and police operatives attached to Juvenile and welfare unit, Osumenyi division visited the scene.

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