Dog devours newborn baby dumped at refuse site in Bauchi

A newborn baby abandoned by its mother at a refuse dump at the Federal Polytechnic Student Village, Gwallameji, Bauchi State, was Sunday reportedly eaten up by a dog.


It was reported that a passerby raised the alarm when he walked into the scene.

The eyewitness 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) and 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.

“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) and 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, “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.

“So, 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,” he added, although he did not disclose what happened to the dog.