15-year-old mother dumps baby in Delta bush
In a chat with newsmen, the girl said she gave birth to the baby without the help or assistance of anyone.According to the teenage mother,”I left her there for people to see and take care of her. If not, I don’t have money to take care of the child.”
While noting that she does not know the father of the baby, the fifteen-year-old mother called on the public to help in taking care of the baby. The Chairman of Ethiope-East Local Government Council, Hon. Faith Majemite has ordered that the newborn baby be properly taken care of with a promise to pay the bills at the health centre in Kokori community.She also enjoined young girls in the community to abstain from reckless movements and premarital sex and to live a Godly life to better their future.
When contacted for comments, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed the report in a telephone chat with Our Correspondent in Warri. She said,”The girl is 15. She dumped the baby in a plantain plantation. Thank God the Local Government Council Chairman stepped in and ordered that the girl and the baby be treated in the hospital. We have reunited the girl and the baby.”
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