- Safiu Kehinde
A 19-year-old father (name withheld) has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command over alleged murder of his newborn in Mubi North Local Area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Nguroje, in Yola.
According to Nguroje, the operatives of the command detained the suspect on Nov. 8, over alleged murder of the three-day-old baby.
He said the mother of the baby (name withheld), who is the suspect’s girl friend, reported the matter to the police.
“The complainant accused the suspect of murder of the three days baby after she gave birth,” he said.
Nguroje said preliminary investigation showed that the suspect impregnated the complainant, and after giving birth she called him to come for his baby.
He said the suspect visited the complainant’s house during the night hours, and carried the baby after he sent her on errand.
The spokesman said the suspect killed the baby and buried the corpse at Girpata area of Mubi.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo has ordered the case to be transfer to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), for discreet investigation.