Following reports that a female student of Obafemi Awolowo
University, OAU, Ile Ife, was on Wednesday caught attempting to flush her new born baby down a toilet, authorities of the school have denied the story. Miss Oyinlola Rotim, a 400-level engineering student, was
allegedly caught by one of the cleaners, who raised alarm when she noticed
blood streaming from the gutter of the toilet, which linked the drainage.
The incident, which shocked the university community, was said
to have generated varied reactions as some students expressed shock over what
would have prompted the student to commit such act. However,
the Head, Public Relations Unit, OAU, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju, on Thursday denied
the report: “The truth of the matter is that, there was a delivery of a baby
boy by an inexperienced mother who, in her naivety, thought she was pressed by
call of nature while she was actually in labour pains.
“Prior to the appearance of the baby, the young, inexperienced
mother had discovered that she was bleeding and went to the toilet only to
observe that something expelled into the water closet.
“It was at that juncture that she screamed and shouted for help
when her friend, Miss Satope Oladayo, heard her voice and traced her to the
toilet from their room. It was when Satope entered the toilet and found the
baby that she (Satope) called an elderly cleaner for assistance because the two
of them were novices in childbearing.
“As of now, Rotimi’s mother is with her and she has started
breastfeeding her baby.
“Upon
interaction, in the presence of the Matron, Mrs. M.G. Oyedele, Oyin stated that
prior to the delivery, she was passing stool and had visited toilet several
times but the last time she went around 7am, she could not describe how she was
feeling.”
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