A 24-year-old housewife, Furera Abubakar of Ningi local government area of Bauchi state is currently being investigated by State Police Command for allegedly killing her Stepson with ‘gamalin’ insecticide.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that she murdered her four-day-old step son who was born on the 15th of August, 2023.
Confirming the incident, the State Command Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil said “The incident was reported to the Ningi divisional police headquarters on the 19th of August, 2023 which revealed that a four-day-old baby who was born on the 15th of August, 2023 was murdered by the suspect Furera Abubakar on the 19th of August, 2023 before the naming ceremony.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a co-wife of the nursing mother (victim’s mother). The suspect entered the co-wife’s room with insecticide liquid (Gamalin) and applied it to the unhealed baby’s umbilical cord.
“The liquid which was suspected to be corrosive, affected and led to the deterioration of the baby’s health, eventually leading to his death. The investigation is discreetly ongoing, after which the suspect will be profiled and charged to court accordingly,” he said.
In a related development, A 14- year-0ld girl, Desola Adeoye committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon in Shogunle community, Lagos.
It was learned that Desola who has suffered untold domestic violence in the hands of her father; Sunday Adeoye and his wife drank insecticide to escape torture.
Trouble, as gathered, started when Desola returned from her summer school lesson and her step mother started threatening her saying that when her father returns, he would pounce on her.
It was learned that Desola who was worried by the threat, sneaked out of the house and drank the insecticide kept in the house. She reportedly rushed to a nearby private hospital where she gave up the ghost.
When her father came back, he quickly retrieved her lifeless body from the hospital, took it back home with the intention of burying her secretly. His plan was, however, thwarted by police operatives from Shogunle Divisional Police station who were alerted by neighbours.
A neighbour who drew the attention of a non- governmental organisation called, Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, ACVPN, said “the late Desola and her two younger sisters were regularly subjected to domestic violence by their biological father and stepmother every time they made mistake.
Explaining further, the neighbour said Desola took her life for fear of being beaten mercilessly by her father all the time. “Shogunle Community Development Association in Oshod ( CDA) had, on numerous occasions, cautioned their father and stepmother to stop the physical abuse unleashed on their children especially late Desola Adeoye.”
Reacting to the development, Chief Operating Officer, Advocates for Children and Vulnerable Persons Network, ACVPN, Mr Ebenezer Omejalile, called on Lagos State