LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A newborn baby girl has been found abandoned under a tree near a hospital in Shira Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
According to an elementary teacher, Auwal Maisalati Shira, who made the disclosure via social media, the baby was left fully clothed and placed on leaves under the tree close to Ambara Hospital on 16 August.
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Mr Auwal further disclosed that he and the social welfare officer of Shira LGA took the baby to the maternity ward of the hospital.
“This girl you see, just around 12noon we found her lying in the leaves under a tree here at Ambara Hospital in Shira.
“Some people threw her away, but we, the social welfare officers of Shira LGA, we took her to maternity hospital,” the post read.