A 30 years old woman has been arrested by the National Security and Civil Defence Corps on Monday for killing her new born baby at the Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Dikwa.
According to the commandant of the NSCDC, the woman confessed to the crime during interrogation.
The commandant, Abdullahi said the woman, Asma'u who gave birth on June 1st sneaked out of the camp and dump the baby into a pit toilet and fled the camp.
“Our attention was drawn to the dastardly act after three days when the corpse started smelling in the pit.
“We conducted our investigation and were able to trace her through a man named Gulumba, the person that brought her to the camp.
“The case had since been referred to the Borno Police Command for further prosecution and interrogation.
“This is not the first case; IDPs on several occasions had been caught indulging in all sorts of anti-social behavior, like prostitution, murder and illicit drug abuse, among others,” Abdullahi told newsmen in the state.
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