[Mhiz Rebecca]

There was outrage, yesterday, at Gwallameji, the Federal
Polytechnic Student Village, Bauchi State when a dog was found
eating a new born baby abandoned at a refuse dump.
Vanguard reports that several of such incidents have been
recorded in the area with this coming less than four months after
the lifeless body of a new born baby in a polythene bag was found
at a refuse dump in the same area. It was learnt that the incident
attracted many people to the scene. An eye witness, who only
gave his name as Isaiah, said: “I was coming back from church
when I saw many people behind a house away from ours. I
became curious and went to see what was happening there.
“What I saw there was disgusting and annoying. It was someone,
who dumped a new born baby at a refuse dump and a dog was
found eating it (the baby). “From the look of things and from what I
heard people say, the baby was abandoned alive but was killed by
the dog. “How can someone do this to an innocent child? How can
a human life be treated with such levity? It’s so bad and
inhumane.” He said some of the onlookers dug a shallow pit and
buried the remains of the baby just beside the refuse site.
Contacted on phone, the traditional Chief of Gwallameji, Hassan
Ibrahim, confirmed the incident, saying he was not at the scene
personally to see things.
He said: “I got a call from someone informing me of the incident
but I told the person that I was not around. When I called the
number back, I was told that Wakilin Sarkin Gwallameji
(representative of the chief of Gwallameji), Sanusi Mohammed, was
already there. “Since he was there, I continued with what I was
doing knowing that he would handle everything well. As I speak
with you now, I haven’t met him yet for information on the
incident.” Efforts to get comment from the Police were fruitless as
several calls put through to the mobile phone of the Acting Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bauchi State Command, Haruna
Mohammed, failed.