The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued a day-old baby abandoned along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market, Mpape, Abuja.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), FCT Command, SP Josephine Adeh, on January 3, 2025, around 10:00 am, police operatives from Mpape Division’s Juvenile and Women Care Section (JWC) responded to a distress call and found the baby wrapped in a cloth.

She said the baby was promptly rescued and taken to Mpape Primary Health Care Center, where medical evaluation confirmed the baby was in stable condition.

Following a tip-off from the community, the baby’s mother, Khadija Ali, was arrested.

During interrogation, she confessed to abandoning the baby, citing her inability to care for the child following her husband’s abandonment.

Adeh revealed that the rescued baby will be handed over to the Department of Social Welfare for proper care, while the mother will face prosecution according to the provisions of sections 14 and 16 of the Child Rights Act (CRA) 2003 upon the conclusion of investigations.