Sophia Nkwor, a 24-year-old mother, is said to have drowned her one-year-old kid in Araya village in the Isoko South Local Government Area in Delta State.
State Commissioner of Police Mr. Abaniwonda Olufemi paradedĀ Sophia Nkwor on Thursday at the State Command headquarters in Asaba, among suspects in a number of other offenses.
Olufemi said: āOn 28th of April 2024, a case of infanticide was reported at Oleh Division, that a suspect named Sofia Nkwor āfā aged 24 years from Isoko South LGA, dumped her child of one year and one month old in a well along the road in Araya community Isoko South LGA.ā
He said that kids who went to play near the crime scene found the abandoned child’s body.
The child’s mother was taken into custody right away, as confirmed by the commissioner of police.
Olufemi said that the inquiry was still going on.
Sophia Nkwor gave an explanation for her conduct, saying that her incapacity to care for the kid was the reason she chose to kill him.
She said that she was living in the neighborhood with her grandmother and that the child’s father had rejected her.
āl have no helper, it was only me that was taking care of the child
āI was the only one that was doing everything and l was tired of doing that.ā [CONTINUE READING HERE]
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