Residents have rescued a newborn baby boy abandoned in an uncompleted building at a mining site in Naraguta community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The baby, whose umbilical cord was still attached, was discovered on Sunday at the site along Ardo Lane.
Sources who confirmed the incident to PUNCH Metro in Jos on Monday said the baby was found after children playing around the uncompleted building heard his cries and alerted the family of Lukman Yusuf Wayas, who promptly contacted security operatives.
The security personnel reportedly evacuated the baby to a hospital, where he received medical attention.
Narrating the incident, Wayas said he heard a baby crying at about 11pm on Saturday but assumed the sound came from a newborn in a neighbouring household.
He said, “When the children heard the cry again this morning, they alerted us, and we immediately informed security operatives, who took the
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