Three Weeks Old Baby Missing From Health Centre After Immunization In Port Harcourt

As reported by Leadership Nigeria, a three weeks old baby went missing last week after being administered immunization in an health centre in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state. Allegedly, from the news on the streets of Churchill area the three weeks old baby who was reportedly missing was later found dead three days after, on the corpse of an unknown woman.

According to Daily Post Nigeria, the Permanent Secretary of the Rivers State Primary Health Care Board, Dr. Agiriya Harry said the health centre was shut down because of the activities of hoodlums who claim to be sympathizers of the family of the missing baby. Harry said the police were now investigating to try and unravel the circumstances surrounding the alleged missing child.

“What we can tell you is that yes, a baby was missing and from our own investigations, we discovered that the mother of the child was careless.“It was wrong for her to have handed over her child to someone she does not know and then she comes and put the blame on the matron.

“We had to shutdown the hospital because when the thing happened instead of her to go and report the matter at the police station, she went and told her husband who we understand is a tout in Churchill. “The husband then led other members of his group and unleashed mayhem in the hospital,”  Harry said.

He confirmed that some members of staff at the facility were invited for questioning and had since been released. He said the police are now investigating the incident. He however advised women and guardians to be careful with their children whenever they visit any Primary health care centre.

From the news gathered it is difficult to judge who exactly should be blamed in the incident. The news is so inconclusive we can only hope that whoever is responsible is held accountable.