The suspect was living with the child's mother , a 25-year-old lady , Karshe Harmuel , together as lovers before she got pregnant for him. She then left her lover to live with her uncle, which is not far from her lover’s house. After giving birth to a baby boy, Karshe’s family members said Ibrahim broke up with her and left her to take care of the baby.
Karshe told the New Telegraph that when she woke up on that fateful day, she had no soap to bathe the child and she decided to go and meet Ibrahim for money to buy soap and baby lotion. She said:
“When I met him in the room, I asked him why he abandoned us. I told him since he decided to jilt me; he had to take care of his son. As I realised that he was not willing to listen to me, I left the baby with him and returned home. A few minutes after I went back to pick my baby, I saw the man choking the neck of the baby.”
Her uncle’s wife, Cecilia Hosea, said she urged Karshe to go back and pick her child. She said:
“I asked Karshe to go back and pick the baby. When she brought back the baby, I collected the child I then saw a white fluid coming out from his month. I noticed that the baby had died. Karshe did not know that she was carrying a dead baby.”
Karshe’s uncle, Mr. John Hosea, who took care of her and the child, said he travelled to the village when the incident happened. He said:
“I was in the village when the incident happened. If I were at home when Karshe decided to take the baby to the man, I would not have allowed her. “I did not even know the man, I just saw him today at the police station and I told them at the station that the man was lucky I was in the village when he killed my grandchild, because I would have taken a revenge on him.The man is very wicked, because since Karshe delivered he only came to see her once, when he gave her N1,700 and told her that he named the child Ali.”
The baby’s body has since been taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Jalingo, for autopsy and the suspect was in police custody with the case still undergoing investigation.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Joseph Kwaji, when contacted , confirmed that the suspect would be taken to court after the investigation was concluded.
