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Lagos Police Recover Abandoned Day-Old Baby, Arrest Two Robbers

The Lagos State Police Command has again recovered an abandoned day-old baby less than a week after the police rescued a day-old baby in the state.
As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the command’s spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the recovery, adding that the police in the state also arrested two armed robbers.

The Lagos State Police Command has again recovered an abandoned day-old baby less than a week after the police rescued a day-old baby in the state.

The dead baby, according to a statement by the police on Sunday, was deposited very close to the General Hospital in Ikeja by a yet-to-be-identified person on Saturday.

As gathered by EKO HOT BLOG, the command’s spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the recovery, adding that the police in the state also arrested two armed robbers.

According to Adejobi, “the police operatives attached to Ikeja Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on 20th March 2021, while responding to a call from the Security Department of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, recovered a lifeless body of a day-old baby that was lying beside Ayinke Hospital by Airport Road, Ikeja.

“The police, having discovered the corpse of the baby, contacted the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit that evacuated the corpse.”

The police spokesperson added that “the baby was suspected to have been abandoned by his mother and must have been exposed to risks that caused his death.”

Meanwhile, “the Anti-Crime Patrol team attached to Ilasan Division of the Command, intercepted three (3) men on a motorcycle and arrested two suspected armed robbers while one escaped with their operational motorcycle, on Saturday 20th March, 2021 at about 9.30pm, along Lekki-Epe Expressway by Jakande.”

According to the police, “the suspects are OKOROCHA COVENANT, m, 28 and ADIGUN JEREMIAH, m, 27, both of Badagry Area of Lagos State.”

The police further confirmed that “one Beretta pistol with ammunition was recovered from them.”

The Commissioner of Police has ordered that the suspects be taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba for discreet Investigation.

He equally directed the Area Command, Area J, Ajah, to step up Anti-Crime Strategies, including raids of black spots and surveillance, to combat crimes and criminality in the entire area.