Wickedness: 24-Year-Old Housewife Kills Step-Son In Bauchi
BY ADEYEMI AKANJI – BAUCHI Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old housewife, Furera Abubakar of Bantu Village in Ningi Local Government area of Bauchi State accused of culpable homicide.
The suspect was nabbed by the Police for allegedly killing the four-day-old son of her co-wife and her motive for committing such heinous crime is yet-to-be ascertained.
According to the Command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Wakili, the incident was reported to the Ningi Divisional Police headquarters on August 19th 2023.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Bauchi, the Police spokesperson stated 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 Wakili further explained that preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife to the nursing mother (victim’s mother).
He said reports indicated that the suspect sneaked into the co-wife’s room with liquid insecticide (Gramalin) and thereafter applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord.
The liquid substance, said to be highly corrosive in nature, caused the deterioration of the baby’s health and eventually led to his death.
He said the investigation is currently going on discreetly, adding that when completed, the suspect will be profiled and charged in court accordingly.