By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

A five days old baby has been rescued alive three days after her mother, Nwedoka Chidimma, gave birth to her inside a pit toilet at Otuocha, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The baby was rescued alive following the sound of her cry from the hole which was heard by bystanders in the area.

Narrating her side of the story, a farmer, Esther Omesi, said that the 20-year-old suspect had requested she stayed with her for few days to enable her engage in a farming job she got in the area.

She said: “Chidimma is my friend and was staying with me when she suddenly started acting funny, after she complained of stomach upset and went to the pit toilet to ease herself.

“After spending time in the toilet, she came out with drops of blood. I quickly invited a nurse who after inspection, revealed that the baby is gone.

“I had encouraged her to travel home to her parents and notify them of the development because I thought she had a still birth.

“It was on Tuesday morning when we heard a baby’s cry that we quickly used a ladder to rescue the new born baby and subsequently alerted security agencies.”

Meanwhile, the suspect, an indigene of Izzi in Ebonyi State who has been arrested in Anambra State for allegedly delivering her baby into a pit toilet, was said to have intentionally carried out the act.

In her reaction, the Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo, confirmed the suspect’s arrest, adding that the new born was rescued alive from pit three days after.

She said the baby was receiving treatment at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital Amaku, Awka, the Anambra State capital.

Obinabo while decrying the incident, gave assurance that the suspect would not go unpunished.