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The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a 20-year old mother, Faith Alhassan after she was accused of throwing her one-year-old daughter in the well to enable her to marry her ex-boyfriend.
Meanwhile, during interrogation, Faith, a Secondary School Certificate holder said she has no idea what came over her to kill her baby.
The young lady also denied allegations that she killed her daughter because she wanted to marry her former boyfriend.
However, the Kaduna State Police Commissioner CP Umar M. Muri said the young lady would be arraigned in court upon completion of the investigation.
Earlier, the Kaduna State Police Command disclosed that the corpse of a baby girl was found in a well at Gantan village of Kachia local government area of the State on 28th December 2020.
According to the police, an investigation was carried out and it was discovered that the mother of the dead baby girl was the culprit.