Man nabbed for allegedly killing two-year-old daughter
By Abbas Musa
Kanempress
10th August 2023
The Nigeria Police has arrested a man, Ayuba Danbaki, in Northeast Adamawa State for allegedly killing his two-year-old daughter and burying her in a shallow grave.
According to the Adamawa State Police Command 35 years old Ayuba Danbaki, and resident of Rigi, a community in Ga’anda District, Gombi LGA, allegedly murdered his daughter after her mother took her to him at a local joint.
The mother of the baby, Shiyona Ali, allegedly dumped the baby on the father at the local joint in the community where he was drinking beer, on the fateful night of the incident because she was tired of her upkeep.
Reports say that Danbaki, got angry with the action of his former wife and mother of the baby, and took the baby into the bush, killed her by tying her neck with a rope, and then buried her.
The baby’s mother, 30-year-old Shiyona Ali reported the matter to the police, and Danbaki was arrested.
Confessing the crime at the Police Headquarters in Yola, Danbaki said his baby’s mother just dumped her on him at a local joint.
“I used a rope and tied her neck, dug a grave and buried her. I am married and blessed with six children, including the deceased. I became angry with her mother’s action. It was a mistake,” Danbaki said.
Danbaki said he acted under the influence of the local beer, burukutu, that he took.
Danbaki said he realised the folly of indulging in alcohol, and said in fact, a drunk man sometimes defecate in his trousers, vomit or fall on the ground. It makes you to do something and later regret it.”
SP Suleiman Nguroje said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Babatola Afolabi, had ordered that the matter concerning Danbaki be transferred to Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the command for proper investigation.
