Operatives of Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, wey dem dey call KAI, don rescue one baby from Alakija Junkyard wey dey along Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Dis one na second child rescue for same corridor for two weeks.
The rescue happen on Wednesday, August 26, during ongoing multi-agency cleanup for Lagos-Badagry Expressway corridor. Video wey dey circulate online show KAI operatives dey happy wey dem recover the pikin from the junkyard.
No family member or guardian don come forward to claim the baby. As at time we dey write this report, nobody know where the baby mama dey.
Dis development come two weeks after KAI operatives find four nursing mothers wey dey live with their babies for one illegal dumpsite for Agboju area of same expressway corridor on August 10. Dem describe the condition as inhumane.
For that earlier operation, one nine-day-old newborn na among those wey dem rescue. The four women, wey dey between age 20 and 25, come from different states including Kwara, Ondo, Anambra and Imo. Dem dey live for refuse and bad air, with no enough access to basic things.
LAGESC Corps Marshal Major Olaniyi Cole don talk before say make parents and guardians pay better attention to welfare of young people. E warn say child neglect and maltreatment fit make vulnerable people end up for street.
The back-to-back discoveries along Lagos-Badagry corridor don raise question about how many vulnerable people dey inside as the multi-agency cleanup dey continue. E also show wetin dey happen for living condition of some of the city’s most marginalized residents.
LAGESC no don issue official statement on Wednesday rescue as at time we dey write this report.
