At the Oke Aro area of Akure, Ondo State capital, a 32 year old man identified as Muyiwa Ayorinde was mobbed for allegedly dumping his own baby in a canal around the vicinity after he was caught by some residents who saw him.
According to an eyewitness:
“I saw the young man looking strange as he alighted from an okada (motorcycle) and pulled out a black bag and dropped it inside the canal and we heard a baby crying aloud. That was when we knew what he wanted to do. People usually come from different places to dump things in this canal and we have to make it a point of duty to stop them.
“The man is a wicked man to have come to the place to dump his own baby. Thank God for the swift intervention of the security men who came around; the people there would have killed him.”
According to the source, the baby was admitted to a nearby hospital, where a doctor confirmed that he had died.
However, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro , The state Police Public Relations Officer said he is yet to be informed.
