The Katsina Police Command says it has arrested a 28-year-old
housewife for allegedly killing her 40-day-old step son.
The
suspect resides in Majoji Village in Mai’adua Local Government Area of Katsina
State.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Katsina State Commissioner of
Police, Mr Bensen Gwana, paraded the suspect before newsmen on Friday in
Katsina.
“The
suspect allegedly poisoned the baby through giving him drinking water.
“The mother of the baby suspected foul-play and took the baby to
the Mai’adua Hospital and later Daura General Hospital where it was confirmed
that the boy was poisoned.
“The
baby died at the Daura General Hospital when medical experts failed to stop the
continuous watery stooling and vomiting,” the police boss said.
Reacting
to the allegation, the suspect denied that she intentionally killed the baby,
saying that she only used her hand to give the baby the drinking water.
She
said she had used her hand to spread rat poison but did not wash the said hand
and gave the baby water with it.
“The
mother of the baby and my husband have forgiven me, but the parents of my
co-wife were those insisting that I must be punished,” she told newsmen. (NAN)
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