Our student did not
flush baby in toilet–
OAU
Posted on June
20th
The Obafemi Awolowo University
(OAU) on Thursday clarified that
Diana Oyinlola, an undergraduate,
who delivered a baby in the toilet
on campus did not attempt to kill
the baby.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
recalls that it had been widely
reported in the media since the
incident happened at Moremi hall
on Wednesday that Oyinlola
attempted to ditch the baby.
However, a statement signed by Mr
Biodun Olanrewaju, the
university’s Public Relations Officer
(PRO), on Thursday described the
reports as “incorrect’’.
Olanrewaju said that an
interaction with the mother of the
baby by the Security Unit of the
university among other university
officials, revealed that the student
was willing to have the child.
He said that there was “no attempt
whatsoever to conceal the
pregnancy, talk less of aborting it
and talk much less of wanting to
flush the baby away through the
Water Closet (WC).
“The truth is that there was a
delivery of a baby boy by an
inexperienced mother, who in her
naivety, thought she was pressed
by call of nature, while she was
actually in labour pains.
“Prior to the childbirth, the
inexperienced mother had
discovered that she was bleeding
and went to the toilet only to
observe that something expelled
into the water closet.
“It was at that juncture that she
screamed and shouted for help
when one of her friends Satope
Oladayo, heard her distress voice
and quickly traced her to the toilet
from their room.
“It was when Satope entered the
toilet and found the baby that she
(Satope) called an elderly cleaner
for assistance because the two of
them were novice in childbearing,”
the statement stated.
NAN learnt that the father of the
new baby is a 400 level student of
Mechanical Engineering, while the
20-year-old mother is also a final
year student in the same
university. (NAN)
so pls let us all stop the misconception....
