The Adamawa State Police Command says it has apprehended a 19-year-old man (name withheld) for alleged killing of his three-day-old baby in Mubi North Local Government Area of the state.
The Spokesman of the Command and a Superintendent of Police, Suleiman Nguroje, stated this in a statement in Yola on Saturday.
He said operatives of the command detained the suspect on November 8 over the alleged murder.
Nguroje said the mother of the baby (name withheld), who is the suspect’s girlfriend, reported the matter to the police.
“The complainant accused the suspect of murder of the three days baby after she gave birth,” he said.
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Nguroje said preliminary investigation showed that the suspect impregnated the complainant, and after giving birth, she called him to come for his baby.
He said the suspect visited the complainant’s house during the night hours, and carried the baby after he sent her on errand.
The spokesman said the suspect killed the baby and buried the corpse at Girpata area of Mubi.
According to him, the Command’s Commissioner, CP Morris Dankombo, has ordered the case to be transfer to the Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
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