IN BAUCHI, A JEALOUS HOUSEWIFE WAS DETAINED AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF KILLING HER CO-WIFE’S INFANT CHILD.

In Bauchi, a jealous housewife was detained after being accused of killing her co-wife’s infant child.

Furera Abubakar, 24, was detained by police officers in Bauchi State for reportedly killing her 4-day-old stepchild in Bantu village, Ningi LGA.

On August 22, SP Ahmed Wakil, the command’s spokeswoman, announced that the suspect had been detained by command personnel.

The 4-day-old child was born on the 15th of August 2023 and was murdered by the suspect (Furera) on the 19th of August 2023 before the naming ceremony, according to a report made to the Ningi Divisional Police headquarters on August 19, 2023.

According to the investigation, the suspect is the nursing mother’s (the deceased’s mother) co-wife. The suspect applied liquid insecticide to the unhealed baby’s umbilical chord as she entered her co-wife’s room.

The baby’s condition deteriorated and eventually ended in death as a result of the liquid, which was thought to contain caustic material, he claimed.