The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested an 18-year-old housewife suspected of beating her stepdaughter to death.
The command spokesman, SP Ahmad Wakil, said on Tuesday in Bauchi that the suspect allegedly beat the 5-year-old girl, Hafsat Garba to a pulp for smearing her clothes with faeces.
“On 28th of September, 2023 at about 9:25pm, one Abdulaziz Adamu of Kandahar area Bauchi, reported at A’ Divisional Police Headquarters that the suspect had beaten up her stepdaughter.
“As a result, she sustained serious injuries on her body and on receiving the report, a team of detectives led by the DPO swung into action.
“The team rushed to the scene and moved the victim to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi for medical attention, where she was certified dead by a medical doctor.”