The suspect, Furera Abubakar
By Akanji Alowoludo, Bauchi
Operatives attached to Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old housewife, Furera Abubakar of Bantu Village in Ningi Local Government area of Bauchi State for the offence of culpable homicide.
The housewife was arrested for allegedly killing the 4 days old son of her co-housewife for yet to be ascertained motive.
The Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili in a statement stated that the incident was reported to the Ningi Divisional Police headquarters on the 19th of August, 2023.
He added 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.
According to him, 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, and led to the deterioration of the baby’s health eventually led to his death.
The investigation is discreetly ongoing, after which the suspect will be profiled and charged in court accordingly.
