Police Arrest 19-Year-Old Father For Killing His 3-Day-Old Son

Aliyu Yaro, a 19-year-old father, was detained by the Adamawa State Police Command for the murder of his three-day-old infant in the state’s Mubi Local Government Area.

The command’s spokesperson, CSP Suleiman Nguroje, said in a statement on Saturday, November 9, 2024, that the suspect’s girlfriend and the baby’s mother reported the incident to the police.

During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and directed the police to the location where he buried the newborn infant.

“The Adamawa State Police Command has on the 8th November, 2024 apprehended a 19 year-old Aliyu Yaro for allegedly killing his 3-day old baby boy,” the statement read.

“The suspect Aliyu who hails from Kwacham, ward in Mubi North local Government was accused by Safiya his girl friend of m8rdering the victim 3 days after his girlfriend gave birth to him.

“The suspect during interrogations confessed to the heinous crime and took the police where the remain was buried and exhumed.

“He narrated that he had impregnated the mother of the deceased who happens to be his girlfriend (now the complainant), and after delivery, she kept calling him to come and carry the baby.

“He said that he went to the house of his girlfriend in the night after calling him and carried the infant and left with him after he had sent the mother on errand to fetch water for him.

“He further narrated that he single handedly carried the corpse around 9:00pm and buried it at Girpata area in Mubi.

“The commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo, expressed worry and had ordered that the matter be transferred to CID for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.”

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