A housewife who threw her newborn baby boy into a gutter has been arrested by Karaworo residents in Lokoja and handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Sunday.
The woman, who is now in custody at the NSCDC in Lokoja, is facing charges for her alleged act of discarding her newborn son in a gutter.
According to reports, the woman, known as Barikisu Sulaiman, had been in a relationship with a man from Adankolo after her husband became ill.
She was caught following a tip-off from a close friend in Kabawa, Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State.
It was gathered that the friend, moved by the condition of the abandoned baby, informed an elderly man in Karaworo and confessed that her friend (Barikisu) once told her she was seven months pregnant for one of her husband’s boys residing in Adankolo.
The husband’s boy, identified as Angulu Namama, who is currently at large, reportedly rejected the pregnancy and advised her (Barikisu) to abort the unwanted pregnancy.
Barikisu tearfully admitted to discarding her one-day-old baby into a gutter next to her window shortly after giving birth, citing her infidelity to her ailing husband as the reason for her decision.
She cried deeply as she spoke with DAILY POST at the Command headquarters in Lokoja, expressing her deep love for her child.
RAB had reported last week that a day-old baby boy, who had been dumped in a gutter by his mother, was found alive, hale, and hearty in Karaworo, near Kutepa Juma’at Mosque in Lokoja, Kogi State.
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