A new born baby covered with maggots has been recovered from a pit latrine in Manchok, Kaura Local Government Area, Kaduna State, where its mother had dumped it on Sunday.
Good samaritans, who recovered the dying baby girl, disclosed that they had to break the latrine to remove her.
We gathered that the baby was delivered by a 21-year-old mother, suspected to be a secondary school student, simply identified as Blessing.
Narrating the incident, one Miss Rifkatu John, who runs a beer parlour in the area, said “I was preparing for business around 8 a.m. when I suddenly became pressed but when I stooped to ease myself, I was startled by the cry of a baby.
On discovering that the sound was coming from the pit latrine, she quickly drew the attention of some youths who broke the pit and brought out the child.
A thorough investigation was carried out by residents to fish out the heartless mother and that was how Blessing was caught.
The young mother initially denied that the baby was hers, but after being dealt with, she confessed.