A new born baby said to have been dumped at Pegi, Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has died.

A resident of the community, Kazeem Adeyemo, who found the infant, told Daily Trust that the baby girl died in hospital while she was being given medical care.

He said the incident happened last Friday around 3:00am at zone B Pegi Estate, when he woke up to observe midnight prayers.

Adeyemo said he heard the cry of the baby when he walked into the bathroom to perform ablution.

He noted that he checked and discovered that it was a new born baby girl.

According to him, he alerted his neighbours after he had called the police, who later came and took the baby to Kuje General Hospital.

“I was the one who even provided a wrapper that was used to cover the baby and I also went with them to the hospital”, he said.

He, however, expressed disappointment that the social welfare department of the hospital did not act promptly when the baby was taken there.

“Actually, the baby was alive because it was even the baby’s cry that attracted my attention before I now quickly reached out to the police who came and took the baby to hospital,” Adeyemo stated.

The incident is said to have occurred barely a week after a yet-to-be-identified woman also dumped a new born baby at Bako community in Kwali Area Council in Abuja