Mother kills, buries a day old baby in Jigawa

The Police in Jigawa have arrested an 18-year-old lady (name withheld) for reportedly killing her a day old son in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa state.

The young lady was arrested after the police dug out the baby’s corpse from a bush in the area.

Onyxnewsng gathered that NAN reports that the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident in the state capital on Monday.

Jinjiri said the suspect, who is a resident of Dandabi village, was arrested after she reportedly connived with her stepmother, and buried the corpse of the baby, which she delivered as a result of an unwanted pregnancy.

“An information from reliable source had it that one young lady aged 18 of Dandabi village in Ringim LGA has given birth to a baby boy, however, the baby was nowhere to be seen.

“As a result, the police arrested the suspect for interrogation. An investigation revealed that the suspect after eight months’ pregnancy, was on January 31, taken to one house in Sankara village by her stepmother where she was given injections by medical personnel also at large.

“A day after, that was on February 1, she gave birth to a baby boy which was killed instantly and buried in a bush.

“Police later discovered where the corpse of the baby was buried, exhumed and took it to hospital for doctor’s analysis,” Jinjiri said.

The spokesman explained that the suspect confessed to have killed the baby by strangling him, when asked how the baby was killed.

He further said that the suspect also confessed to burying the baby with the help of her stepmother. Adding that, a 20-year-old man of the same village, who was responsible for the pregnancy, has also been arrested by the police.

However, Jinjiri said while invesigation is ongoing on the case, the police has organised a search for the arrest of the two fleeing suspects.