How Premature Baby Was Found Dead in Rivers Varsity’s Female Hostel

• Students of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Port Harcourt woke up to a huge surprise on Saturday morning, February 24
• They found a premature baby of about six months dead in front of a female hostel and covered with a cloth
• According to the spokesperson for the university, Dr Ngozi Okiridu, the matter was reported to the police

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Port Harcourt, Rivers state - A premature baby was found dead in front of a female hostel at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Port Harcourt in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state.

As reported by The Punch, the male child was discovered on Saturday morning, February 24.

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According to some students, the baby dumped in covered clothes is between six and seven months old.

A student who spoke on condition of anonymity said:

“I woke up in the morning and started hearing noise everywhere and I rushed out.

“Only for me to see gathering and looking further, I saw a forming baby of about six months inside a hole with blood all over and the placenta.

“The person who did that removed the baby on Saturday morning.”

The spokesperson for the university, Dr Ngozi Okiridu, disclosed that the matter has been reported to the Rivers state police command.

“The baby was buried. We are not sure if it is a student that did that. But the police are handling the matter because we reported it to them.”

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3 siblings found dead inside car

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that three siblings, a boy and two females were found dead inside a car parked at their compound at No 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters in the Ilorin, Kwara state capital. The victims died of suffocation on Sunday, February 25 while their mother, Shade Silifat, went out to buy noodles which she planned to prepare for the children’s school meals on Monday.

It was gathered that she found that the children had locked themselves in the parked car and suffocated to death after she returned around 2pm. She was said to have fainted after forcing the doors of the car open.

Source: Legit.ng