A 50-year-old man, Ibrahim Adamu, has been arrested for using a sharp object to butcher his four-year-old stepson in Unguwar Dinya village, Roni Local Government Area, Jigawa State.
Confirming this, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, stated that the suspect has been arrested and confined in police custody.
According to the police spokesperson, “On 8/8/2023 at about 2130hrs, an ugly information was received from Unguwar Dinya village in Roni LGA of Jigawa State, that at about 1942hrs, a four-year-old boy Salmanu Umar was seen covered with blood with a deep cut on his throat.
“On receiving the report, a team of detectives led by Divisional Police Officer, Roni Division, rushed to the scene of the crime and conveyed the victim to General Hospital Kazaure for treatment; he later died while receiving treatment.”
According to the police image maker of the command, the investigation led to the arrest of Adamu, who is the husband to the deceased’s mother.
Shiisu said on interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime over a hatred he developed for the child, that he cannot afford to be feeding someone’s child.
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He said the suspect also confessed that he attempted to kill the child for the first time, but the attempt was foiled by the deceased’s mother who reported him to her in-law.
He disclosed that the suspect has already been arraigned in court.
Meanwhile, an Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Friday, remanded a 31-year-old unemployed man, Lawal Rasaq, who allegedly abducted and defiled a teenager.
The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of abduction and defilement.
The prosecutor, Mrs Olawunmi Osibanjo, told the court that Rasaq committed the offences from July 29 to Aug. 8 on Ireshe Road, Alagbonmeta, Ikorodu.
Osibanjo said that Rasaq abducted the 17-year-old to his house and had canal knowledge of her, in contravention of Sections 268 and 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs A.B. Olagbegi-Adelabu, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that he be remanded at the Kirikiri custodial facility.
She ordered that the case file be sent to the state director of public prosecutions for advice.
Olagbegi-Adelabu adjourned the case until September 7 for mention.