MYSTERY: 8 MONTH OLD BABY FOUND DEAD INSIDE DRUM OF WATER

“It is difficult for that baby to open that drum and enter inside. We don’t know what happened yet but it is a mystery,’’ he said.

Similarly, a neighbour, who gave her name as Blessing Akpo said it was only God that could unravel the baby’s killers, adding, “I have never seen where a baby of eight months old will open a drum of water, enter inside and close it,’’ she said.

Penpushing report that, as at the time of this report, mother of the baby could not talk as she was still in shock, it was also noticed that some police officers from Aideyan Police station were at the residence to investigate the incident.

The Edo State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwanbuzour, when contacted said he had just been briefed about the case, adding that the command was already investigating the circumstances leading to the death of the boy.