By Kamil Opeyemi
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a baby girl from under a parked bus in the Ketu area of the state.
The healthy baby girl was taken into safe custody after a resident heard her cry from under a bus at about 4:30 am on Wednesday.
The Spokesperson for the command, BenjaminHundeyin, made this known on his Twitter page on Thursday, revealing that investigations were ongoing.
“A Lagosian set out for work at about 4:30 am yesterday and heard the cry of a baby under a parked bus somewhere in Mile 12 Ketu.
“Police officers from Ketu Division, after being alerted, have taken the healthy baby girl into safe custody. Investigation is ongoing,” Hundeyin wrote
In a related development, the state command also found another young girl wandering around Idimu area of the state.
According to Benjamin, the young girl in her conversation with the police claimed she hailed from Okpitumo in Ebonyi State.
“MISSING & FOUND: She was found wandering in Idimu. She claims to hail from Okpitumo in Ebonyi State. She equally gave her parents’ names as Onyedikachi Friday and Akpara Friday.
“Kindly share this information with her family and friends to enable them get reunited.”