Wednesday, October 09, 2024 - A housewife identified as Barkisu Sulaiman, has been arrested for throwing her newborn baby into a gutter in the Karaworo area of Lokoja, Kogi State.
The baby was found dumped on
Wednesday, October 2, 2024.
The suspect was apprehended by residents of the area and handed over to
the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
It was gathered that the woman was
arrested following a tip-off by a woman in Kabawa area of Lokoja who was said
to be her close confidant.
“Touched by the condition of the abandoned baby,
her friend ran to an elderly man in Karaworo-Lokoja and confessed the crime of
her friend (Barkisu) to him," a resident of Karaworo-Lokoja, who spoke
under condition of anonymity, said.
“She told the elderly man that her
friend (Barkisu) once told her that she was carrying a seven months pregnancy
for one of her sick husband’s servants, residing in Adankolo-Lokoja."
She added that the alleged father of
her friend’s baby, said to be at large, had rejected the pregnancy and advised
her to abort it.
Community members were said to have
moved against Barkisu and arrested her, and that she allegedly confessed that
“she threw her one-day-old infant into the gutter because she cheated on her
sick husband.
The Kogi commandant of the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Paul Igweibuke, confirmed the arrest
of Barkisu.
“The woman was handed over to my
command by the Ministry of Women Affairs, Kogi State,” he stated.
“The crime of the woman is that she
had been married to another man, with whom she has six children.
“The man suffered a spinal cord
injury, which has rendered him invalid. Unfortunately, she became pregnant out
of wedlock.
"She later threw the baby from
upstairs due to the circumstances surrounding her pregnancy
“We are keeping her in custody as NSCDC is collaborating with the Ministry of
Women Affairs to ensure sanity in our state."
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