Gatekeepers News reports that Salisu confessed that he killed the girl with the local poison, the Board of Kano religious police, the Hisbah said on Friday.
News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) said Salisu’s arrest was announced by the board in a statement issued in Kano by the Deputy Commander General, Operations, Dr Mujahid Aminudeen.
Aminudeen said that Salisu confessed that he gave the baby the local insect killer, Otapiapia after he had also drugged her mother with a cup of tea containing sleeping tablets
“Salisu also drugged the mother of the baby, Sa’ade, with a cup of tea which contained sleeping tablets before carrying out the criminal act.
“The suspect confessed to the crime, saying he preferred a male child but his wife gave birth to a female, which prompted him to end the baby’s life”, the official said in the statement.
He said that the suspect had been handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
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