Friday, September 20, 2024 -A 17-year-old housewife identified as Mrs Nguemo Ikyowe has been arrested for killing her 3-year-old stepson, Vanen Ikyowe, in Ginde village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The suspect was arrested by operatives of operatives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on September 12, 2024, for a case of culpable homicide.
Briefing journalists on this, Benue
NSCDC State Commandant, Mrs Larai Bitrus said the arrest followed a distress
call from members of the public that one Nguemo had murdered a three-year-old
boy and dumped his corpse in a river at Ginde Village in Guma Local Government
Area.
“Our men stationed at Ginde Village
swiftly moved to the scene and arrested the suspect who later confessed to the
crimes during interrogation,” she stated.
“The suspect led their officers who
conducted a search and discovered the lifeless body of the boy and deposited it
at a mortuary in Ginde Village.
“The crime is against the state and
so, she will be handed over to the Nigerian Police Force for possible
prosecution after their investigation."
The suspect, who is the second wife
of the victim’s father, claimed that she went to the bush with her stepson to
fetch firewood when a spirit came upon her and she m8rdered the boy.
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