Housewife arrested for allegedly engaging her 7-year-old daughter to poison her rival’s 3-day-old son in Niger state

The Niger state police command have arrested 22-year-old housewife, Harela Uba, pictured above, of Shakodna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly killing a three-day-old baby boy. 

Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police, Adamu Usman, said that one Uba Saidu of Shakodna village in Shiroro Local Government Area, reported the matter at Shiroro Police Division that his second wife, Fa’iza Uba, of the same address, went into bathroom and left her three-day-old baby boy in her room.  Sadly when she returned, she found her baby foaming in the mouth. He was rushed to the General Hospital in Kuta where he was confirmed dead.

The Commissioner said the police on reasonable suspicion invited his first wife, one Harela Uba, of the same address, who is eight-month pregnant for questioning, being the one at home when the incident happened. When she was drilled by a group of detectives, she confessed to giving her seven-year-old daughter, Khadija Uba, a liquid substance suspected to be insecticide also known as ‘Ota Pia-Pia,’ to administer on the child, which she did.

Usman said the suspect will soon be charged to court for murder.