Nigeria: Woman, 32, Docked for Allegedly Abandoning Baby in the Bush

10 December 2012

A Yaba Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Monday remanded a single parent, Aderoju Ojelabi, at the Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly causing the death of a day old baby she abandoned in the bush.

The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola ordered that the mother of four children should be remanded pending the advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

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