17-Year-Old Housewife Kills Stepson In Benue
A 17-year-old woman, identified as Nguemo Ikyowe, has been paraded for allegedly killing her three-year-old stepson, Vanen Ikyowe, in Ginde village, Guma LGA of Benue State.
The housewife was paraded by the Benue State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC.
The State Commandant, Larai Bitrus, while parading the suspect at the Commandโs headquarters in Makurdi on Thursday, stated that the woman was arrested on September 12 for a case of culpable homicide.
She said that the Command received a distress call from members of the public that one Nguemo had murdered a three-year-old boy and dumped his corpse in a river.
โOur men stationed at Ginde village swiftly moved to the scene and arrested the suspect who later confessed to the crime during interrogation.
โThe suspect led officers who conducted a search and discovered the lifeless body of the boy and deposited it at a mortuary in Ginde village.
โThe crime is against the state and so she will be handed over to the Nigerian Police Force for possible prosecution after their investigation,โ Bitrus stated.
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Answering questions from journalists, the suspect said she is the victimโs fatherโs second wife.
She explained that she went to the bush with her stepson to fetch firewood when a spirit came upon her and she murdered the boy.
