Operatives of the Nigeria Police in Bauchi State on Friday arrested one Habibu Bala of Ningi Local Government Area of the state for allegedly killing his five-day-old son with insecticide, because “I have no money to organise naming ceremony for the child.”



The arrest happened as a septuagenarian, Joseph Adetunji, who allegedly bathed his son’s face with acid, yesterday appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.



Confirming the arrest of Bala, Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kamal Abubakar, while briefing journalists on the successful operations carried out within the week. Abubakar, who is a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said on January 21, the suspect’s brother, one Musa Bala, reported at the Ningi Police Station that on the same date about 2:30p.m., his younger brother poisoned his newborn son by feeding him insecticide.



He said: “As a result the baby became unconscious and was later taken to Ningi General Hospital, where a medical doctor certified him dead.”

http://www.metronaija.ng/man-kills-five-day-old-son-couldnt-afford-naming-ceremony-bauchi/

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That is bizarre! Kilode?!

This is simply the side effect of Buhari's bad Leadership and ignorance combined



Rest in peace to the unfortunate baby

Is it compulsory that you name your baby with celebrations? Oga admit that u are wicked. that's why I love d Igbo nation.

adadike281:
Is it compulsory that you name your baby with celebrations? Oga admit that u are wicked. that's why I love d Igbo nation.

Let's leave tribalism out of this. This stuff can happen anywhere na.

I've seen a patient that burnt her 8 months old baby having convulsion..

Poverty and ignorance when combined can have disastrous consequences.

Same should be done to him cos we can't afford his type of person again. This world has seen enough of such wickedness

Sickening though

In a queer way, I think the dad just did the baby a great favour from saving the baby from a life of poverty in our hell hole.