Grand Mother Escaped Being Lynched By Lagos Mobs For Carrying a Day-Old Baby
A grandmother in Lagos, yesterday, narrowly escaped death at the hands of a mob which accused her of kidnapping a day-old baby.
According to report by Leadership Newspaper, the woman, who is a foodstuff seller in the Ajegunle area of the state, was
taking a baby delivered by her daughter to her home in the same area
when she was accosted and accused of abducting the baby.
The woman who could have been killed along with the day-old baby, was rescued by the police before any real damage could be done to her or the baby.
All efforts made by the grandmother to convince them
that her daughter who is a footballer delivered the child same day
proved abortive as they attacked her, tearing her clothes. The
grandmother managed to hold on to the baby as they meted out inhuman
treatment on her and the baby began to bleed from the cord because of
the attack.
She cried that they should not kill her and the child and pleaded
that they should investigate before attacking her. She even showed them
some new clothes belonging to the baby which were in her possession but
they would not listen.
The divisional police officer of Ajegunle police station, CSP
Abayomi Agbana was however alerted and he drafted a team of policemen to
the scene and they rescued the grandmother and the new born baby to the
station.
The medical director of the hospital (name withheld) where the
baby was delivered, was also invited to the station by the police.
The doctor disclosed that the victim is the grandmother of the
baby, adding that he asked the grandmother to carry the baby to her
residence because her daughter who delivered the baby is suffering from
anaemia.
The doctor said the woman was delivered of the baby at about
8:45am and the mother could not breastfeed the baby because of her poor
health condition, adding that any attempt to breastfeed the baby would
lead to her death because she lost a lot of blood and her colour was
fading.
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