Police arrest mother for dumping 6-day old baby under a tree

Police arrest mother for dumping 6-day old baby under a tree

The Bauchi State Police Command said it discovered a 6 days old baby girl under the tree allegedly dumped by her 30 years old mother identified as Zainab Tukur in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state.
Our correspondent gathered that Zainab the mother wrapped the newly born baby with a wrapper and dumped her under a tree at Gungura village in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
It was further learnt that luck ran out of the 30’year’s old mother, Zainab who was later arrested by police operatives in Bauchi.
The Command Public Relation Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed has confirmed the incident to newsmen yesterday , said the mother and the baby has been taken to General Hospital Soro in Ganjuwa LGA for treatment.
He said “it was on Monday the 19 October 2015 at about 800 PM following intelligence report, police detectives attached to Soro Division discovered a six days old baby abandoned and covered with a wrapper inside a deep hole under the tree at Gungura Village in Ganjuwa LGA of Bauchi State. Discreet investigation led to the arrest of the Suspect one Zainab Tukur female and 30 years of Kirfi LGA who incidentally is the mother of the child.
The police spokesman said police has commenced investigation to ascertain the motive behind her act after which she will be charged to court for prosecution.