A good Nigerian, Hajiya Fatima Adamu, rescued a day-old baby girl dumped by unidentified mother by the roadside on Kuta Road, opposite Central Mosque in Minna.
The baby was brought to the Niger State Child Rights Protection Agency on Tuesday.
Adamu said that the baby, wrapped in a wrapper and dumped by the roadside, was found by a passer-by.
She said that her attention was drawn to where the baby was dumped by neighbours.
She added that “when I got to the scene, I saw people gathered and I inquired and was told that an unidentified woman alighted from a motorcycle and dumped the baby.
“Everybody was afraid to touch the baby because nobody saw the person who dumped her, except children who were playing outside.
“The children said they saw a woman disembarked from a motorcycle and dropped something that was moving.
“The children informed their parents but before they could come out of their houses, the motorcyclist had zoomed off with the woman.
“They (the children) alerted the neighbourhood and everyone rushed to the scene.”
Adamu added that a member of a vigilance group who lives in the area picked up the baby and the two of them reported the matter at the Central Police Station.
“The police on duty collected the baby and promised to bring the matter before the child rights agency that handles issues of children and women, and their welfare,’’ she said.
