The Police on Saturday arrested two men for allegedly killing a three week old baby in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the police arrested a lady for killing her boyfriend on Mararaba area of the state.
Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel in a statement in Lafia Saturday said the arrest of the suspects followed an intensive manhunt while the suspects were in lam after committing the crime on October 11 in Lafia.
According to the statement, the principal suspect Abdulkadir Ahmed 40 years old asked his friend Hassan Sabo 40 years to lure his estranged wife and mother of his three-week-old baby to his shop opposite the Correctional Facility in Lafia on the pretext of seeking reconciliation with her.
The statement added that on arrival at the shop, Abdulkadir Ahmed took the child from the mother into the shop while Hassan Sabo engaged the mother of the child in a discussion outside, and suddenly, the child screamed and went quiet.
The statement explained that Abdulkadir Ahmed immediately came out of the shop and the mother enquired to know why the child screamed but was told that the child had gone to sleep.
Not satisfied, she rushed into the shop and discovered the lifeless body of her child as the culprits immediately left the scene on a motorcycle while the body was evacuated to Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia by the police for post-mortem examination.
The statement further adds that the state Commissioner of Police, Adesina Soyemi ordered a thorough investigation into the dastardly act.
