A jealous second wife, Hindatu Abdullahi, on
Wednesday killed her step-son, Mohammed Abdullahi, of two weeks old at Wuro
Bogga village, Duguri district in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi
State.
In her confession at the state police command, Hindatu, said
she was forced by her parents into marrying her husband against her wish.
Weeping profusely while narrating her ordeal, she said:
"I killed my stepson with insecticide called ‘pia pia’ because I was fed
up with my marriage and I wanted a divorce. I feel that the only way to get a
divorce was to kill my stepson so that my husband can divorce me."
According to her,
"I was forced to marry my husband as a second wife at age of 17, I never
loved him and since we got married, my husband and his first wife have been
maltreating me so I decided to poison the boy out of frustration."
Hindatu who was looking very sober and exhausted, said:
"I was taken to vigilante group who gave me 80 lashes of cane before I was
brought to the police station. I regret my action. I never knew what came over
me. I'm begging for forgiveness from my husband, senior wife and security
operatives."
The state Police Commissioner, Sanusi Lemu, while
parading the suspect at the state police headquarters in Bauchi, said on August
19, 2017, at about 8a.m., a case of murder was reported at Maina Maji Police
Division in Alkaleri council area of the state.
The state Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO),
DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar, who spoke on behalf of the commissioner of police,
said the suspect collected the baby of her co-wife, Fatima Abdullahi, and went
into her room to carry out the dastard act.
He said the suspect husband, Abdullahi Ori,
travelled to Saudi Arabia to perform this year's Hajj pilgrimage, leaving his
two wives at home.
According to him, "The baby named Mohammed
Abdullahi, was killed when his step mother allegedly put insecticide popularly
known as ‘Pia Pia’ inside his mouth.
"The baby became unconscious and was rushed to
a nearby dispensary at Gigyari village, who later died in the process of
referring him to the General Hospital that same day," he added.
He said the suspect was arrested and the remaining
quantity of the toxic insecticide was also recovered, adding that the suspect
has confessed to the crime in which she will be charged to court.
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