Mother And Daughter Arrested in Katsina For Dumping Baby in The Dustbin

Qamariya Ismail, 25, and her mother, Hassana Sabi’u, 45, have been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command and are currently being interrogated in connection to the discovery of the corpse of a day-old baby in a dustbin.

The spokesman for the state Police Command, DSP Gambo Isah, said Ismail, who resides at Sabuwar Kasuwa Quarters in Katsina, had owned up to being the mother of the dead infant.

According to Isah, investigation by the police revealed that Ismail was assisted by her mother, Sabi’u, to dump the infant’s corpse in a dustbin,Punch reports.

He said;

“On July 31, 2017, at about 16:00hrs, a dead female new-born baby was found inside a dustbin at Madugu House along Yahaya Madaki Way, Katsina State.
“Investigation was carried out and the abandoned dead baby was traced to one Qamariya Ismail, aged 25, of Sabuwar Kasuwa Quarters, Katsina, whom her neighbours knew had been pregnant.
“The suspect, when arrested, confessed that her mother, one Hassana Sabi’u, aged 45, of the same address, helped her to throw the baby inside the said garbage bin. Investigation into this case is still ongoing.”