Unfaithful house wife
What would make a woman after carrying a baby for nine months in her stomach dump such baby in a gutter, this is the mystery the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Lokoja are trying to solve.
Vigilant residents of Karaworo Lokoja apprehended Barkisu Sulaimam for throwing her new born baby into a drainage.
The woman was arrested yesterday following a tip off from a close friend of the suspect.
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The unusual behavior of the woman was because of the denial of the man responsible for the pregnancy.
The Pond News understands that the man responsible for the pregnancy who is at large had earlier advised the woman to terminate the pregnancy.
The man behind the pregnancy happened to be a servant of the married woman husband said to be very sick.
To cover her unfaithfulness to her spouse, the suspect took the unusual step of dumping the innocent baby in a gutter
A resident of the area and close confident of the suspect narrated what happened: ‘Touched by the condition of the abandoned baby, her friend rushed to an elderly man in Karaworo Lokoja and confessed to him the crime committed by her friend .
She told the elderly man that her friend (Barkisu) had once mentioned that she was carrying a seven month pregnancy for one of her ailing husband’s servants residing in Adankolo-Lokoja.’
The Kogi State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Paul Igweibuke said the woman was arrested today and that investigation was ongoing.
