Woman Who Got Pregnant For Sick Husbands Servant Arrested For Throwing The Baby Away

A housewife, Barkisu Sulaiman, was arrested by the police in Kogi State for throwing her newborn baby into a gutter in the Karaworo area of Lokoja, Kogi State.

The suspect was apprehended by residents of the area and handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). It was gathered that the woman was arrested following a tip-off by a woman in Kabawa area of Lokoja who was said to be her close confidant. “Touched by the condition of the abandoned baby, her friend ran to an elderly man in Karaworo-Lokoja and confessed the crime of her friend (Barkisu) to him," a resident of Karaworo-Lokoja, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said. 

“She told the elderly man that her friend (Barkisu) once told her that she was carrying a seven months pregnancy for one of her sick husband’s servants, residing in Adankolo-Lokoja."

 She added that the alleged father of her friend’s baby, said to be at large, had rejected the pregnancy and advised her to abort it. Community members were said to have moved against Barkisu and arrested her, and she allegedly confessed that “she threw her one-day-old infant into the gutter because she cheated on her sick husband. 

The Kogi commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Paul Igweibuke, confirmed the arrest of Barkisu.