Man kills 37-day-old daughter , says she’s illegitimate
From Desmond Mgboh, Kano

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The Police in Kano State have apprehended a middle-aged man, Alhaji Aliyu Bashiru of Dawakin Kudu town in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area for allegedly suffocating his 37-days-old baby to death because she was born out of wedlock.



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The baby, Maryam, was murdered in cold blood after the father allegedly made futile attempts to keep her with a nearby motherless babies’ home in their area.

The suspect told the Daily Sun on Monday that he took the decision to kill the baby after the motherless babies’ home declined to accept the baby for keep, adding that they had insisted on the presentation of a police report, without which they would not take the baby into their custody.

Police report on the case said the tragedy occurred in December 2009 following Maryam’s birth by one Hajia Hauawa, who put to bed out of wedlock. The report said that the suspect, who incidentally is the father of the baby, had lured the baby from the mother, only to suffocate her to death afterwards.

After the commission of the crime, the suspect quietly took the baby and buried her in a shallow grave, not too far from the Kofar/Kudu, where the parties in the tragedy are said to be resident before going to announce that the child had passed on.

At the Bompai Police station, where the suspect is being held, he told Daily Sun that he killed his daughter because the child was illegitimate, adding that he impregnated the mother outside wedlock, an act which he described as irregular.

It was further gathered the mother of the baby, a divorcee, was not given to the antics of her boyfriend that and she immediately reported the case to the police in the area, who arrested him.

The mother of the baby, had reportedly, entered into the relationship with Bashir, after a crashed marriage with her husband, which saw her coming back home to their abode once again. Divorce rate in the state has remained disturbingly high, resulting into so many dislocations in the family system.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Baba Mohammed Azare, confirmed the incident, while parading the suspect at the Bompai police headquarters, adding that it is a case of culpable homicide which is contary to Section 221 of the Penal Code.

Meanwhile, the police have arrested a 60-year-old man, Alhaji Mauzu of Gadan Kaya quarters in the state for allegedly raping three minors contrary to Sections 285 and 283 of the Penal Code.

The suspect, who was arrested by the state Hisbah Guard, is accused of raping Walmursalati, aged 12, Hasiya, aged 13 and Maryam, aged 12 , all of whom he allegedly lured into his house and sexually assaulted them. The police stated that the doctor’s report on the incident is awaited.


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