Residents of the Special Site community in Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State were, on Thursday, thrown into shock following the discovery of the bodies of aborted twin babies in a refuse dump.
According to eyewitnesses, the aborted babies -a male and a female- were discovered in the early hours of the day in a polythene bag after unknown persons dumped them.
A resident of the area, who did not want his name mentioned, said the aborted babies were found behind the house of a taxi driver identified as Enman Danladi.
Danladi, who commented on the incident, said the strange discovery sparked outrage among other residents when a local farmer alerted him to the discovery after noticing a dog sniffing at the bag, which was swarming with flies.
Danladi said that after the farmer drove the dog away, he opened the polythene bag only to find the aborted twins, forcing him to raise an alarm.
Danladi said when the farmer rushed to his house to inform him, he gathered other neighbours who later dug a small grave at the site to bury the remains of the babies.
“It was a pathetic sight. Women were crying while the men expressed anger and cursed whoever was responsible.
“One woman who had struggled with infertility was crying uncontrollably.
“Such acts are usually done by people from outside the area so they cannot be traced,” he added.
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