Headless baby causes scare in Osun

Category: News Published on Monday, 04 February 2013 12:00

A woman on Saturday gave birth to a headless baby at a mission centre in Sekona community, near Ede via Osogbo, capital of Osun State.

It took the intervention of police to control the crowd which had besieged the mission center to have a glimpse of the mysterious baby.

A section of the crowd initially suspected foul play when they thought that the head of the baby was severed for ritual purpose.

The police later took the baby to government hospital Ede for investigation. The crowd that followed the baby to the hospital were later educated that it was a case of deformity after the doctor at the hospital did a thorough investigation on the baby.

According to police public relation officer in Osun, Folasade Odoro, the dead baby had since been returned to the mother for burial.