Bauchi State Police Command has arrested twenty four year old Mrs Furera Abubakar of Bantu village, Ningi Local Government area of Bauchi State for allegedly killing her stepson,an offence of culpable homicide.
The Public Relations Officer of Bauchi State Police Command,SP Ahmed Wakil in a statement on Tuesday 22nd,August 2023 said the incident was reported to the Ningi divisional police headquarters on the 19th of August, 2023 which revealed that the four-day-old baby was born on the 15th of August, 2023 and was allegedly murdered by the suspect Furera Abubakar on the 19th of August, 2023 before the naming ceremony.
SP Wakil said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife to the nursing mother (victim’s mother)and the suspect entered the co-wife’s room with insecticide liquid (Gramalin) and applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord.
The Police Imager Manager said the liquid which was suspected to be corrosively affected, and led to the deterioration of the baby’s health eventually led to his death.
He added that investigation is discreetly ongoing, after which the suspect will be profiled and charged in court accordingly.