LAGOS METRO— HOW A PREGNANT WOMAN GAVE BIRTH THROUGH THE HELP OF LAGOS RRS TEAM

Thank You, Lagos State RRS Led By DCP Olatunji Disu for Your Compassion

Lagos State Rapid Response Squad wrote:

"It's a Baby Girl

"Around 3am on Friday, our officers on normal patrol of their beat around Ikoyi stumbled on a man in distress.

"He was accosted and questioned where he was heading that early during a lockdown.

"The man, impatiently blurted out that his wife was in labour and that he had been looking for vehicle for some time to no avail.

"The officers hurriedly got him into their patrol vehicle after informing their Monitor.

"They drove him to his residence and took him and his wife to an hospital in Obalende, Lagos.

"Our officer took time out today to check the family having been off duty yesterday. Behold, the wife had been delivered of a beautiful baby girl."

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