A day-old baby abandoned in church

A day-old baby boy has been abandoned at Victory Church in Afunwa, Benin, Edo State.
The baby’s cries were heard by a passerby, a woman, who found him in the church covered with birth fluid.



It appears the baby was delivered by a young girl, who left him behind.
The passerby said she met the girl at the church entrance and asked her whose baby was crying, but the girl said the baby’s mother was inside the church.
The police confirmed the incident. They said the Good Samaritan reported the case at Ugbekun Police Station and the child had been taken to an orphanage home.