The police command in Delta has arrested a nursing mother for allegedly throwing away her 10-month old baby in a river because her friends were mocking her.
The police accuse the suspect identified as Blessing Ibuku, of killing her 10-month-old baby, Prevail Jonathan.
According to the police, the suspect has confessed to throwing her baby into the river on November 31, 2024.
Parading the suspect before newsmen, the Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed that a case of a missing 10-month-old child named Prevail was reported to the police on December 4, 2024.
While at the station, alongside Blessing, the CP said Police received a call that a child was found floating at the Aviara community river.
He said that when the dead child was brought to the station, it was discovered that it was the body of the same missing child.
According to the CP, the suspect confessed during investigation that she threw the baby away because her friends and other girls were making jest of her that the child did not have a father.
CP Olufemi said that the suspect will be arraigned in court as soon as possible.
