Couple detained in Jigawa for reportedly burying their newborn infant alive

Police officers in Jigawa State have detained a woman named Balaba Shehu and her male companion Amadu Sali for reportedly burying their newborn baby alive there.

Balaba and Amadu plotted to perpetrate the crime after Balaba delivered the kid out of wedlock, according to the Command’s spokesman, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who verified the event.

According to DSP Shiisu, the infant was unearthed from a cemetery the mother dug next to a bathroom inside their home.

He said, “On December 2, 2022, at around 2350 hours, intelligence at Command’s disposal showed that one Balaraba Shehu, 30, of Tsurma village, Kiyawa LGA, is suspected of giving birth and burying the newborn infant.

“Upon receiving the complaint, a team of police officers assembled and headed to the crime scene.

“When investigators got there, they immediately got to work and unearthed the newborn infant from a grave that the accused mother had buried in their home near a toilet.
The infant was taken by ambulance to General Hospital Dutse, where a doctor pronounced it dead.

The suspect was detained by police after being apprehended.

Amadu Sali, 25, of Akar village in Kiyawa LGA, was arrested as a result of preliminary inquiry.

According to DSP Shiisu, “He (Amadu) was accused of causing the unintended pregnancy to the aforementioned Balaraba and conspiring to bury the kid after birth.”

However, the police image-maker said that CP Emmanuel Ekot Effiom, the State Commissioner of Police, had ordered that the matter be forwarded to the Investigative Department of the Command, SCID Dutse, for a covert inquiry.

Upon conclusion of the inquiry, “The accused will be charged to court to face the full wrath of the law,” said DSP Shiisu.