Police detain Bauchi housewife on suspicion of killing her stepdaughter

In Bauchi State, an 18-year-old pregnant housewife was arrested for beating her five-year-old stepdaughter to death for defecating on her body.

Auwal Muhammad, Bauchi State Police Commissioner, told journalists at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday while presenting the suspect.

He claimed Khadija Adamu, a resident of Kandahar, a neighborhood of Bauchi, was arrested after injuring the youngster seriously.

“On 28 September 2023 at about 9.25 pm, Abdulaziz Adamu, male (38), of Kandahar area Bauchi, reported at A’ Divisional Police Headquarters that Khadija Adamu, female (18) of the same address beat up her stepdaughter, Hafsat Garba female (5), causing serious injuries.

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“Upon receiving the report, a team of detectives led by DPO rushed to the scene and transported the victim to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where the doctor declared her dead.

He added “Preliminary Investigation revealed that the suspect beat up the victim because she passed stool that spoiled her clothes and she sustained various degrees of injuries on her body.”

He said that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to the alleged offense against her without much argument and that the investigation is still ongoing and that the suspect will be charged in court.