The Obafemi Awolowo University
(OAU) on Thursday clarified that Diana
Rotimi Oyinlola, an undergraduate,
who delivered a baby in the toilet on
campus did not attempt to kill the
baby.
The were reports in a section of the
media since the incident happened at
Moremi hall on Wednesday that
Oyinlola attempted to ditch the baby.
However, a statement signed by
Biodun Olanrewaju, the university’s
Public Relations Officer (PRO), on
Thursday described the reports as
“incorrect”.
Mr. Olanrewaju said that an
interaction with the mother of the
baby by the Security Unit of the
university among other university
officials, revealed that the student was
willing to have the child.
He said that there was “no attempt
whatsoever to conceal the pregnancy,
not to talk of aborting it and wanting
to flush the baby away through the
Water Closet (WC).
“The truth is that there was a delivery
of a baby boy by an inexperienced
mother, who in her naivety, thought
she was pressed by call of nature,
while she was actually in labour pains.
“Prior to the childbirth, the
inexperienced mother had discovered
that she was bleeding and went to the
toilet only to observe that something
expelled into the water closet.
“It was at that juncture that she
screamed and shouted for help when
one of her friends Satope Oladayo,
heard her distress voice and quickly
traced her to the toilet from their
room.
“It was when Satope entered the toilet
and found the baby that she (Satope)
called an elderly cleaner for assistance
because the two of them were novice
in childbearing,” the statement stated.
The father of the new baby is a 400-
level student of Mechanical
Engineering, while the 20-year-old
mother is also a final year student in
the same university.

Funny story! Thank God the child survived. So it is only in knackeology that she is experienced? You want to tell me that all inexperienced mothers dump their babies in the toilets? Even me wey be man sabi say dat liquid wey begin flow na sign. How come it was only her friend that heard her shout before they called the cleaners? Tell us they changed their mind after unsuccessful attempts to flush the baby down the WC. She no want make pikin suck her bobby but she want knack akpako anyhow. Tell it to the marines!