Graphic Photos: Dead Bodies Of Babies Discovered In Benin City

Residents of 2nd East Circular Road, Benin City, Edo state capital on Wednesday morning, discovered the dead bodies of three babies abandoned along the road.

PMNews reports that two out of the three dead bodies which had already started decomposing, was wrapped and ‎put in a cardboard box under a palm tree along the busy road, while the third baby, a girl of about a year and two months old was found 30 meters from the others along Uwa street junction.



Residents and passersby were seen gathered ‎around one of the dead bodies, giving different accounts of the inhuman act.

In a reaction, one Victor Imonitie, who said he resides on East Circular road, suggested that it was time government set up a team to be monitoring young pregnant women across the country.

“I think the government should begin registering all pregnant women in the country and monitor them for at least two years after giving birth, because any of these young girls getting pregnant indiscriminately could do such things,” of the Nigerian police attached to Esigie Division later arrived the scene to evacuate the decomposing corpses.

Meanwhile, a 35-year-old woman named Esohe Ogbeiwi was allegedly roasted by her ex-lover, Peter Osayi to death in Edo state after a dispute.

It would be recalled that on June 17, 2014, a 29-year-old woman was on September 11, 2014, arrested by the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences for faking pregnancy which she used in deceiving people and soliciting for alms.