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General News of Sunday, 17 April 2016

Source: starrfmonline.com

Jealous woman dumps rival’s baby in public toilet

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A jealous woman has been arrested for dumping a seven-day-old baby boy of her rival into a toilet at Bole in the Northern region.

The suspect identified as Mma Mariama, a rival of Mma Ajato, both married to one Iddirisu is currently being held by the Bole police.

According to her neighbours, Mariama sneaked into the house of Ajato, who was then enjoying a Telenovela series at about 7pm Saturday, while the boy, who was only outdoored on Saturday, was laid outdoors.

The woman reportedly picked the baby at the blind side of the mother and dumped him into a pit of the public toilet at the market square.

Residents who suspected Mariama confronted her and upon interrogation admitted to the crime and has since been handed over to the law enforcement agents.

The police with the help of sanitary officers exhumed the dead baby from the faecal matter.

The police are still interrogating her to establish the motive behind her action. However, Starr News has gathered the woman has recently been complaining about total neglect by her husband.

According to the elder brother of their husband, the suspect had reported to him that her husband had been denying her sex for some time now and blames it on her rival whose baby was outdoored Saturday.