20-year-old housewife hiding pregnancy from second husband, dumps baby in pit toilet

The long arm of the law has caught up with a 20-year-old housewife identified as Samsiya Hassan after she allegedly dumped her one-day-old baby in a pit toilet which led to his death about six days later.

While recounting her story, Samsiya (a mother of two) told newsmen at the Katsina State Police Command headquarters that she didn’t know that what came out of her was a baby but investigations revealed that she was trying to hide the pregnancy after she moved to the house of her second husband, who did not know she was about to put to bed.

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Reports say an alarm was raised by a neighbour who heard the cry of the child and also saw Samsiya come out of the toilet at the time which led to the rescue of the baby who was taken to hospital but unfortunately died six days later.

Samsiya, the second wife of her new husband who resides at Nasarawa quarters in Funtua, Katsina State, said she has two surviving children already and her quest to find someone to take care of her led to the unfortunate incident.

Gambo Isah, the spokesperson for the police command, revealed that Samsiya and her second husband identified as Jemilu have both been arrested and would be arraigned in court as soon as investigation into the matter were concluded.

 

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