Why I dumped My Baby Inside ‘Soak-Away’ – Mother Of six

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

A 30-year-old woman, Risikat Olabintan, has been arrested by Police in Ogun State for allegedly throwing her one-day-old baby into a soak-away pit because her husband abandoned her and children.

Olabintan arrest followed acall received by members of Ibukun Oluwapo Community, Ishaga, Surulere area in Owode-Yewa Local Government Area that some children, who were playing at the backyard of their compound heard the cry of a baby in the soak-away pit.

“Investigation later revealed that it was the said Risikat Olabintan who gave birth secretly to the baby and threw it inside the soak-away as early as 5am of that day, hence she was apprehended.

“On interrogation, she confessed that she actually gave birth to the baby, which is the sixth of her children and that she has no means of feeding them all since her husband has absconded to an unknown destination for some time now.”

The spokesperson said both the baby and the mother ”are presently in the hospital for medical attention and the baby is responding positively to treatment.”

Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal, has directed that the case be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation.