The Police in Kwara State on Friday discovered a new-born baby under a bridge in IIorin, the state capital.
The baby, found abandoned under the Oke-Foma bridge, Ita-Nma area of Ilorin metropolis by an unidentified person, was evacuated by the police operatives at about 12.10pm on Friday.
Whether the abandoned baby was dead or alive at the time of evacuation, could not be confirmed.
Okasanmi Ajayi, spokesman of the state police command, on friday, confirmed that the baby was discovered dead and had been taken to the mortuary.
He said the policemen who evacuated the body from under the bridge had deposited the corpse at the morgue.
Reports said the abandoned new baby was bathed and fully kitted before it was dropped under the bridge.
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