Couple Kill 3-Day-Old Baby To Cover Up Premarital Sex

A young couple in Rijiyar Lemo, Fagge local government area of Kano State reportedly strangulated their 3-day-old baby girl to cover up their premarital sex.

Daily Trust reports the couple got married two months ago and the wife, Faiza Haruna, gave birth to a baby girl last weekend. The baby was killed by his 17-year-old mother, Faiza, three days after she put to bed, and her husband, Aminu Mustapha, buried her in their neighbourhood.

Neighbours said Faiza delivered the baby at home without the help of any medical personnel.

A neighbour who asked not to be named, said:

“During the pregnancy, she didn’t attend any antenatal clinic. It was we that assisted her during child labour. She delivered the baby safely and we assisted her with all the necessary cleaning up. Hours after giving birth, Faiza started telling people that the baby was sick. We advised her to take the baby to hospital but three days later, she and her husband returned home without the baby. We drew the attention of Hisbah officials and they were arrested because we suspected foul play.”

Hisbah commandant in Fagge local government, Ustaz Salisu Umar, said the couple killed the baby to cover up their premarital affairs.

Faiza told Daily Trust at the Kano State police headquarters:

“I gave birth to the baby and killed her myself. I did so to avoid embarrassment from members of our community. I was impregnated by my husband before we got married,” she explained.

When asked what she used in killing the baby, she said:

“I didn’t use anything; it was my bare hands that I used in killing her. I went into my room when my husband was not around and strangulated her.”

She revealed that her husband did not take part in killing the baby, but assisted by burying the corpse. Her husband, Aminu Mustapha, 29, admitted to burying the baby.

Spokesman of the Kano police command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia, said the couple would be arraigned for prosecution accordingly.

“The husband is not denying the fact that he impregnated her outside wedlock. She killed the baby because she delivered it two months after marriage. This is a case of culpable homicide and abetment of offender. They are in our custody and we will charge them to court immediately after investigation,” he said.