A 20-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu has been arrested for throwing his four months old son into river Uti in Borgu local government area of Niger state...
A 20-year-old man, Mustapha Aliyu has been arrested for throwing his four months old son into river Uti in Borgu local government area of Niger state.The Suspect, who was arrested by the Niger state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps , said he took the step because the mother of the baby refused to accept the baby and left him in his custody.
Confessing to the crime to newsmen in Minna, Mustapha said the baby was his son but he was not married to the mother.He attributed his reason for throwing his son into the river as due to depression saying it was the work of the devil.
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