A resident of the Mbadyur council ward in Benue State’s Logo Local Government Area, identified as Sughshater Ushahemba is charged with poisoning her 11-month-old child. Community members reported that early on Saturday morning, the woman allegedly fed the infant something that looked to be a chemical.
According to a different account, the mother claimed that the infant passed away early on Saturday morning after taking a temperature rise in her baby’s body. It was said that the woman attempted to bury the child but was caught.
However, in a Monday interview with journalists, Logo LGA’s Paul Pevikyaa, the Information Officer, stated that the wife had earlier informed people that the infant had become ill at 12:31 am and had passed away two hours later.
“When the woman was interviewed,” he stated, “she (the mother) said the baby started having a high fever around 12:31 am and that the body was so hot that she gave up within two hours.”
“She said that the mistake she made was not telling her neighbours about what had happened during the night at daybreak because there is a strong belief that if you have neighbours, you can at least call them for assistance at night and they can serve as witnesses. She didn’t, however, do that.
However, the information officer stated that the woman eventually admitted to killing her child because the man who had pregnant her had abandoned her.
“So she tried burying the baby when day broke. He stated that the infant was 11 months old.
Pevikyaa continued, “The woman claimed that her boyfriend had gotten her pregnant and that after she gave birth to a daughter, the boy left her alone with the child.”
Pevikyaa stated, “She claimed she had been having problems with the child, which is why she poisoned the infant by giving her a chemical that is used to spray grasses.”
The suspect is presently being held, according to Catherine Anene, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Benue State Command, SP, who confirmed the occurrence in the meantime.