The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has arrested a 25-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her new born baby girl in a graveyard in Kazaure Local Government.
The NSCDC commandant in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dutse that the suspect was arrested on Friday at Ilallah quarters in Kazaure town.
Gidado said the culprit, who was a housemaid in the area, was arrested after the corps conducted an investigation among divorcees, widows, housemaids and prostitutes living in the area.
“We were able to identify and arrest the mother of the baby girl that was abandoned at grave yard after conducting thorough investigation among divorcees, widows, house maids and prostitutes living in the area,” said Gidado.
He said a medical result conducted on her to ascertain her true maternity of the baby prove positive.
After much interrogation, she confessed to being the mother of the baby, as well as dumping the baby after one Alhaji Haruna rebuffed paternity of the child.
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