Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has ordered an immediate investigation into the lifeless body of a baby found today 2/06/2024 in a sack at a refuse dump along Ifite Road, Awka.
According to a press release by Anambra State Command Police Public Relations Officer SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on June 2nd, 2024, "preliminary investigations revealed the child should be a day old and was abandoned by yet unidentified woman suspected to be the mother. Meanwhile, the body has been recovered and the Police are currently working with some eyewitness information at the scene for possible arrest of the perpetrator."
"To this end, the CP decries moral decay in Society and describes the act as ungodly, barbaric, and inhumane."
"He also urged Parents/Guardians to pay greater attention to children/wards and call on anyone with useful information that can aid the investigation to come forward to the Police Command headquarters in this regard."
You can call the Command Control Room number at *07039194332* or the PPRO at *08039334002*.
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