The spokesperson to the Katsina State Police Command, DSP Gambo Isah has confirmed that the police rescued a new born baby girl alive, who was abandoned by her 16-year-old mother, identified as Hassan Tanimu from Jabiri, in Funtua local government area.


Isah stated that police detectives, acted on a tip-off and traced the abandoned baby to Tanimu, who claimed that she abandoned the baby because she had been drugged and raped by an unknown person and had gotten pregnant in the process.

The police said that investigation into the matter has begun.