- The teenage father reportedly killed the baby after his girlfriend expressed frustration with the infant, imploring him to take responsibility for the child.
One Aliyu Yaro has allegedly killed a child born to his girlfriend in Adamawa State.
The 19-year-old suspect killed the 3-day-old baby at his girlfriend house in Mubi town.
The teenage father reportedly killed the baby after his girlfriend expressed frustration with the infant, imploring him to take responsibility for the child.
According to police, Aliyu claimed that after receiving repeated calls from his girlfriend to take the baby, he went to her house at night. After sending her on an errand, he took the three-day-old infant from her home.
Aliyu admitted that he brought the baby to his own house, where he fed the infant with sour milk, leading to the baby’s death by the following day.
He said he then buried the baby’s body around 9:00 p.m. in the Girpata area of Mubi.
Aliyu explained that he had impregnated his girlfriend, Safiya, and that after she gave birth, she frequently called him to take responsibility for the child.
He claimed that Safiya had threatened to harm or abandon the baby if he didn’t assume responsibility, which compelled him to go for the child.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, stated that the Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo, has ordered that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and prosecution of both Aliyu and Safiya