Nigeria: Police Arrest Woman for Burying Baby Alive

26 September 2014

Uyo - The Police in Akwa Ibom have arrested Miss Patience Aaron of Afaha Abia village, Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, for allegedly burying her day-old baby alive.

Briefing newsmen in Uyo, the Commissioner of Police, Gabriel Achong, said the baby, who was buried in a shallow grave, was rescued alive about seven hours later.

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