A female student of the Gombe State University has been arrested for allegedly murdering her one-day-old baby by throwing the toddler from the second floor of a hostel building.
The newborn’s body was found in the early hours of Saturday, September 9, by a passerby, who raised the alarm only to discover that the baby was already dead due to an injury sustained in the right leg.
A school student who spoke to The Nation said the baby’s mother has been hiding the pregnancy in her hijab gown for months to prevent her from being noticed.
Confirming the incident, the University Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Abubakar, said:
“It is confirmed that a baby was thrown down from a height in one of the female hostels. It is a serious action, and the university is investigating it.
“Disciplinary action will be taken on it because it is a crime to murder a baby. If it is a matter of delivering the baby now, there is no problem, but throwing an innocent day-old baby to death is a crime.”
See the video of her arrest below:
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