There was extreme shock in Ekuigbo community when a woman threw her nine month old baby inside a well.
Though details of the incident were sketchy as at the time of this report, sources from the community said the mother, aged 17, was reported to have thrown her 9-month-old son into a well owing to her inability to cater for his welfare.
The mother, identified as Eguonor Joseph, according to local sources, had dropped her baby, Harrison Joseph inside a well in the community well at about 5a.m but the remains of the baby was discovered at about 1:50p.m by persons who had gone to fetch water from the well.
An eye witness at the scene of the incident, who simply gave his name as Maureen Akpedafe, said: “When the baby was brought out from the well, he was identified as the son of Eguonor.
“An angry mob then mobilized, went to her house and almost lynched her to death until she was rescued by the police who subsequently arrested her.”
