Residents of 53 Obakhavbaye street in Benin City, are still trying to unravel circumstances that led to the death of an eight-month old baby simply identified as Abdulaziz .
The incident, according to eyewitness account, remains a mystery to neighbours.
Africa Update gathered that the mother of the baby had gone to urinate outside at about 6am but didn’t find the baby where she kept him on her return.
After about three hours of searching around the house, the baby was found inside a drum stone dead.
Landlord of the house, Mr. Ali Abubakar, said he was observing his prayers when he heard shoutings and wailings.
Abubakar stated: ‘it is difficult for that baby to open that drum and enter inside. We don’t know what happened yet but it is a mystery.
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A neighbor who gave her name as Blessing Akpo said it was only God that would unravel the baby’s killers.
“I have never seen where a baby that is eight months old will open a drum of water, enter inside and close it.”
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