An 11-month-old baby boy has been abandoned in front of the Baale of Coker-Ifako’s Palace, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State.
Residents said the child was discovered in the morning.
Beside the boy were biscuits, cheese balls and a travel bag containing his clothes.
The residents believe the baby was not from the area, insisting they would have recognized him and identified the mother.
A resident said she was still shocked that a mother could abandon her little boy.
She said: “Oh God, how can a woman do this to a child she carried for nine months in her womb?
“I wanted to take the baby and nurse him, but for the intervention of the police.”
The Baale, Pa Anthony Akinwande Coker, 77, said he was shocked to see so many people in front of his palace very early that day.
Coker said: “At about 5:30am, some residents gathered at the entrance of my compound after hearing the cry of a baby boy.
“I went there and saw the child.
“Immediately, I called 767, which is Lagos State Emergency Service number.
“After an hour, police officers from Pen Cinema Police Station, Agege arrived to pick him.”
Coker said he accompanied the baby to the station and wrote a statement.
The boy was handed to the officer in charge of the Human Right Desk.
Police spokesman, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, who confirmed the story, said the baby had been taken to Alakara Police Juvenile Welfare Centre.