22-year-old
student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun state who was
rumoured to flush her baby inside one of the toilets in her hostel after
giving birth narrates what actually went down.
When
the news first broke, a lot of people vilified her. It was reported
that she wanted to get rid of what many would describe as a bundle of
joy.
People thus wondered why a 22-year-old undergraduate would
try to flush away her baby in one of the toilets in Moremi Hall, her
hall of residence at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun
State.
Without clarifying the circumstances that led to the
delivery in the toilet, they went on to social media networks, putting
on trial Miss Oyinlola Rotimi, the 400-Level student of Agricultural
Extension and Rural Sociology at OAU, who delivered a baby boy on
Wednesday.
While the news went round the campus, the traumatised
young mother was hurriedly taken to the institution’s Health Centre by
two cleaners, Mrs. Shipebi Grace and Mrs. Cecilia Ologbenla. The social
media was further flooded with stories that Oyinlola wanted to kill her
baby. The OAU management investigated the matter and found out it was
not true. Rotimi, who was discharged from the hospital on Friday, has
also narrated her own side of the story.