An 18-year-old man has reportedly killed a 36-year-old nursing mother and her one-year-old child in Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa state.
Metronetworknews gathered that the suspect allegedly attacked the victim by the riverside, where she went to take her bath alongside her child.
The suspect is said to have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Sulaiman Nguroje,the victim was said to have resisted an attempt by the suspect to rape her, as he overpowered her and pressed her down into the water, where she died.
“As if this was not enough, the suspect took the child, who was crying uncontrollably on the riverbank and pressed him into the water until he became lifeless”, he said.
He further said, “On the strength of that, the suspect was arrested by the command operatives attached to Lamurde divisional police headquarters following a report received by the victim’s husband, Alh. Usman Abdul, who is distraught over the loss of his wife and child.”
