A housewife, Barkisu Sulaiman, has been arrested by residents of Karaworo-Lokoja for allegedly throwing her newborn baby into a drainage.
She was apprehended on Tuesday following a tip-off from a woman in the Kabawa area of Lokoja, who is said to be a close confidante of the suspect, City & Crime reports.
“Touched by the condition of the abandoned baby, her friend rushed to an elderly man in Karaworo-Lokoja and confessed to him the crime committed by her friend (Barkisu).
“She told the elderly man that her friend (Barkisu) had once mentioned that she was carrying a seven-month pregnancy for one of her ailing husband’s servants residing in Adankolo-Lokoja,” a resident of Karaworo-Lokoja, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
She also revealed that the alleged father of her friend’s baby, who is reportedly at large, had denied responsibility for the pregnancy and advised her to terminate it.
Following this, residents took action against Barkisu and arrested her.
She allegedly confessed that she threw her one-day-old baby into the gutter because she had cheated on her ailing husband.
The Kogi State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Paul Igweibuke, confirmed her arrest on Wednesday.
Igweibuke stated, “She is in our custody, and an investigation is in progress.”
