The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly killing her co-wife’s three-months baby boy.
The suspect, Zaliha Shuaibu, of Malari Village in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna state, was accused of committing the crime at their residence where both wives live.
According to the police’s preliminary investigation, the baby’s mother, Maryam Ibrahim, had briefly stepped out to use the restroom, leaving her infant son in her room.
Upon her return, she found her co-wife, Zaliha, holding the baby, with foam coming out of his mouth and an injury inflicted on his neck.
The baby was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead by the doctor.
Following the death of the baby, Zaliha was immediately arrested by the police.
The police said the suspect, during interrogation, confessed to the crime and revealed that she conspired with one Lawal Muhammad (The husband’s junior brother), who provided her with the acid she used to kill the baby.
Following the suspect’s confession, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Muhammad, has assured the public that justice will be served and that all the suspects found complicit in the heinous crime will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
