Ajiya Ayuba
The Bauchi Police command has arrested Furera Abubakar for killing her 4-day-old Stepson in Ningi local government area of the State.
The suspect Furera entered the co-wife’s room with liquid Insecticide and applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord to kill the baby.
SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command made this known in a Crime bulletin made available to newsmen in Bauchi.
According to him, the incident was reported to the Ningi divisional police headquarters on the 19th of August, 2023.
He added that the information revealed that the four-day-old baby was born on the 15th of August, 2023, and was murdered by the suspect Furera Abubakar on the 19th of August, 2023 before the naming ceremony.
SP Wakil further explained that Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife to the nursing mother (victim’s mother).
He stated that “the liquid which was suspected to be corrosively affected, and led to the deterioration of the baby’s health eventually led to his death”.
The state command Public Relations Officer, SP Wakil pointed out that the investigation is discreetly ongoing, after which the suspect will be profiled and charged in court.
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