Sad Photos : Nigerians Watched An Abandoned Baby Cry Herself To Death Because Of Fear Of Police

My heart is bleeding. What kind of society are we
living in? Have We lost our humanity??
A baby girl, dressed and abandoned by her mother
in a biscuit carton near Eco Bank, along Ikot Ekpene
Road, Uyo, died after hours of battling for survival.
The baby, who was said to have been abandoned by
her mother at about 11:30pm on Friday, died
around 11:58am on Saturday after many hours of
crying for help.
A resident of the area, Mr. Okon Isaac, told a
Punch correspondent that the baby became pale
after a long period of crying for her mum’s
comfort before passing out.
Isaac said he wanted to check if Total Filling Station
along Ikot Ekpene Road, Uyo had begun to sell fuel
when he heard a baby cry near the refuse bin,
dressed neatly and dumped in the biscuit carton.
According to him, he was perplexed and had to
suspend buying fuel and kept watch over the baby
since 5:47am thinking that the mother might
change her mind and come back for the baby.
He stated that the baby’s cry from the carton drew
the attention of a large number of people.
Isaac added that people were scared to touch the
baby to avoid being accused by the police of trying
to steal or kidnap the baby.
“I have been here since 5:47am. I wanted to buy
fuel from Total, which only sells the product when
available between the hours of 4 and 6:20am. After
this time, they stop selling pretending not to have
the product.
“As I was passing, I heard the cry of the baby. I
began to wonder where the baby was crying from.
But when I got near the refuse bin, just off the
road, I saw a baby girl neatly dressed and dumped
in a biscuit carton.
“I could not go to Total in search of fuel again. I
stayed behind to observe if the mother of the baby
might change her mind and come back for the
baby. And before long, people started to troop in
as they heard the cry of the baby.
“But as we live in a period of child theft and selling
of children for money, people were scared to touch
the baby. They all stood helpless, should anyone
risk lifting the baby, and the police happen to be
around, the individual can be accused of child
theft, or whatever,” he said.
The Punch correspondent called the police
emergency number to inform them of the
abandoned baby, but the police said they were
aware of the situation and had contacted the
Ministry of Environment for necessary action.
It was observed that till the baby died, neither the
police nor officials of the Ministry of Environment
were present at the scene.