21 YEAR OLD MOTHER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY THROWING OWN 12 DAY OLD BABY INTO PIT LATRINE

‘On interrogation, she claimed that she is an orphan married to one Taiwo Owolabi who has already married to another woman and have 5 children. She stated further that the husband is not taken care of her and the baby and since she has no means of catering for the newly born baby, she decided to do away with her’, police said.

He said the husband has been arrested for failure to provide necessary care for baby and mother, while the case has been transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on the order of the Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.

Penpushing further reports that, as at the time of filing this report, the baby is in a stable condition at Stella Obansanjo motherless baby home.