The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Khadija Adamu, 18 years for beating a five-year-old girl to death for staining her cloth with stool.
The Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Muhammad said this on Tuesday while giving an update on the arrest of suspects of different crimes in his office.
He said that on 28 of September, 2023 at about 09:25 pm, one Abdulaziz Adamu aged 38 years of Kandahar area in Bauchi, reported at A’ Divisional Police Headquarters that on the same date at about 04:00 pm, one Khadija Adamu aged 18 years of the same address beat up her stepdaughter named “Hafsat Garba aged 5 years old, as a result, she sustained serious injuries on her body.
Upon receipt of the report, a team of detectives led by DPO swung into action, rushed to the scene and moved the victim to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi for medical attention, where she was certified dead by the medical doctor.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect beat up the victim as a result of alleged pass-stood that spoiled her clothes and she sustained various degrees of injuries on her body.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the alleged offence against her without much argument. Investigation is still ongoing, after which the suspect will be charged to court for the established offence accordingly,” the CP said.
