A 20-year-old housewife, identified as Aisha Isah, has been reportedly arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly throwing her two stepdaughters, 4 years old Zainab, and 2 years old Baaba, into a well over a disagreement with their mother.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the command, DSP Kennedy Idirisu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lafia, said the suspect was arrested in Yelwan- Bassa village in Kokona Local Government Area.
The DSP further disclosed that the suspect had confessed to the crime and expressed remorse over her action. He said investigation revealed that Aisha, who is the second wife of Alhaji Isah, was always at loggerheads with the first wife, Maimuna, and that all efforts by their husband to settle their differences were unsuccessful .
Aisha claimed that the first wife was always instigating her children not to run errands for her, a development that infuriated her since she had no child of her own. She said she had given birth to a baby girl in 2016 , but the baby died after six months.
The DSP added that Aisha had first thrown baby Baaba into the well in April but since no one saw her, the family believed the baby accidentally fell into the well and died. And on the 26th of August, Aisha raised alarm that another child, Zainab, had fallen into the well while the husband dashed into the well to rescue the baby. The husband brought out the baby dead, with her hands tied, which drew suspicion from the family and villagers leading to the arrest of Aisha who later confessed to the crime and also accepted responsibility for the death of the first baby Baaba in April.
The DSP said Aisha would be prosecuted as soon as investigation into matter was concluded.
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