Police rescues day-old baby buried alive in Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has rescued a one-day-old baby buried alive by the mother in a shallow grave in Afaha Abia Village of Nsit Ibom Local Government Area.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Gabriel Achong, made this known on Thursday in Uyo while briefing newsmen on the activities of the command in the last two months.

Achong said that the command had arrested the mother of the baby for attempted infanticide, adding that she was being investigated.