Premature baby found dead in front of Rivers varsity female hostel

A premature baby was found dead at the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

According to Punch, the male child was dropped in front of a female hostel by an unknown person on Saturday morning, February 24, 2024. 

Some students said the baby boy, who is between six and seven months old, was dumped at the Rumulumeni campus of the university in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

“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,” one of the students said.

Another source alleged that the baby was aborted by a student. 

“A lady from the hostel dumped a baby around Salvation Hostel in Ignatius Ajuru University. The child has not really formed. The baby still has fresh blood on him. The baby may be about six months old, ” she said.

Spokesperson for the university, Dr. Ngozi Okiridu, confirmed the development but said it could not be ascertained if the child was a student’s. 

Okiridu, however, said the matter has been reported to the police.

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

Spokesperson for the state police command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she saw it on social media but was yet to confirm the incident from the Divisional Police Officer.