Operatives attached to Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 24 year-old housewife, Furera Abubakar, of Bantu Village in Ningi Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State for the offence of culpable homicide.
The housewife was arrested for allegedly killing the 4-day-old son of her co-housewife, for yet to be ascertained motive.
The Bauchi State Command Spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakili, in a statement on Tuesday said the incident was reported to the Ningi Divisional Police Headquarters on August 19, 2023, adding that the four-day-old baby was born on August 15, 2023 and was murdered by the suspect, Furera Abubakar on the 19th of August, 2023 before the naming ceremony.
According to SP Wakili, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife to the nursing mother (victim’s mother).
He narrated that the suspect entered the co-wife’s room with insecticide liquid (Gramalin) and applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord.
The liquid which was suspected to be corrosively affected, led to the deterioration of the baby’s health, and eventually to his death.
The Police Spokesperson said “investigation is discreetly ongoing, after which the suspect will be profiled and charged in court accordingly.”