The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) on
Thursday clarified that Diana Rotimi Oyinlola,
an undergraduate, who delivered a baby in the
toilet on campus did not attempt to kill the
baby.
There were reports in a section of the media
since the incident happened at Moremi hall on
Wednesday that Oyinlola attempted to ditch the
baby.
However, a statement signed by Biodun
Olanrewaju, the university’s Public Relations
Officer (PRO), on Thursday described the
reports as “incorrect”.
Mr. 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, not to talk of
aborting it and 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.
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.
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