A teenager has been arrested over murder of a 36-year-old nursing mother and her one-year-old childi in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Sulaiman Nguroje, said the suspect, 18, allegedly attacked the woman by the riverside, where she went to take her bath alongside her child.
Suleiman said, the teenager attempted to rape her, as he overpowered her and pressed her down into the water, where she died.
“As if this was not enough, the suspect took the child, who was crying uncontrollably on the riverbank and pressed him into the water until he became lifeless.
“On the strength of that, the suspect was arrested by the command operatives attached to the Lamurde divisional police headquarters following a report received by the victim’s husband, Alh. Usman Abdul, who is distraught over the loss of his wife and child.”
Nguroje said the state Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, had ordered discreet investigation into the matter.
