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The dead baby, still with the umbilical cord attached to its body, was put in a carton and dumped in the river beside slaughter slab in the area.

According to residents, the elders of the community have commenced sacrifices to the goddess of the river to appease it for the desecration as well as revealing the woman who committed such a sacrilegious act.

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See the graphic photos here.

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