A 50-year-old man identified as Bawada Audu has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly burying his daughters baby alive.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Ahmed Wakil told reporters over the weekend that Audu buried his teenage daughters new born baby alive in his backyard.
Wakil said: ”On September 16, 2020 a joint operation between the police and human right have brought one Hafsat Bawada, f, aged 17-years-old of Rimin Zayam Toro L.G.A Bauchi to Divisional Headquarters Toro who was alleged to have given birth to a male child on September 14, and her father Bawada Audu, m, aged 50-years-old of same address seized the child and buried the Baby behind his house.“
“Upon receipt of the report corpse was exhumed and the baby was rush to General Hospital where certified dead by the medical doctor,“ he added.
Wakil also added: ”Hafsat pointed one Danjuma Malam Uba ‘m’ of the same address to have “had carnal knowledge of her” sometime early 2020 now at large.
“Thus, Hafsat and the Corpse was released to the village head of Rimin Ziyam for burial, the suspect was arrested and confessed to the crime.”
