Premature Baby Found Dead at Ignatius Ajuru University Female Hostel
A premature baby was discovered dead in front of a female hostel at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Port Harcourt, causing chaos on campus.
Educationnews.ng learned on Monday that the male child, who was covered in a cloth, was dropped off by an unknown person last Saturday morning.
According to some students who spoke about the incident, the baby, who was between six and seven months old, was dumped at the university’s Rumulumeni campus in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.
One of the students who preferred anonymity stated, “I woke up in the morning and started hearing noise everywhere. I rushed out only for me to see people gathering and looking further, I saw a forming baby of about six months inside a hole with blood all over the placenta.
“The person who did that removed the baby on Saturday morning.”
Another source claimed that the baby’s mother may have been a student who wanted to get rid of the child.
“A lady from the hostel dumped a baby around Salvation Hostel in Ignatius Ajuru University. The child has not really formed.
“The baby still has fresh blood on him. The baby might be about six months old, “she said.
Some students speculated that the mother abandoned the baby due to a difficult economic situation, or that the child was born out of wedlock.
One of them said, “If the father of the child denies it, that can make the mother to dump the child. Maybe, it was caused by rejection of the girl by the parents for having a child out of wedlock.”
When contacted, university spokesperson Dr. Ngozi Okiridu confirmed the situation but said it was unclear whether the child’s mother is a student.
However, Okiridu stated that the matter had been reported to the police.
“The baby was buried. We are not sure it is a student who did that (had the baby). But the police are handling the matter because we reported to them.”
Premature Baby Found Dead at Ignatius Ajuru University Female Hostel
