Police arrest woman going to bury aborted Baby

A 24 year old woman on her way to bury an aborted foetus has been arrested by men of the Anambra State Police Command.

The lady who was identified as Chidera Nwaoga, was arrested around 9pm at Ofianta village in Nsugbe, Anambra State on June 20.

The Anambra Police Spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed added that the chemist who performed the abortion on her was also arrested.

The statement read;

“It would be recalled that on the 20/6/20 at about 9:pm, following a tip off, Police operatives attached 33 Division in collaboration with Nsugbe Vigilante group arrested one Chidera Nwaoga ‘f’ aged 24 years of Ofianta village Nsugbe but a native of Izzi LGA of Ebonyi State.

Suspect was arrested with a premature baby girl concealed inside a rubber bucket on her way to bury the child inside the bush before she was apprehended.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman who was heavily pregnant approached a quack and untrained chemist, one Odimegwu Ikunne ‘m’ aged 51 years of Nando village but resides at Akpalagu village, Nsugbe who allegedly administered injection on her and aborted the pregnancy.”