Teenager drowns nursing mother for resisting rape, kills her weeping baby.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested by Adamawa police command for killing a 36-year-old nursing mother and her one-year-old baby after she resisted him from raping her.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Sulaiman Nguroje, said the incident occurred at the Lamurde Local Government Area of the state.
Suleiman said, “The Adamawa State Police Command on June 6, 2022, apprehended an 18-year-old suspect for the brutal murder of one Talatu Usman, 36, and her one-year-old child in Lamurde Local Government Area.
“The victim was said to have resisted an attempt by the suspect to rape her, as he overpowered her and pressed her down into the water, where she died.
“As if this was not enough, the suspect took the child, who was crying uncontrollably on the riverbank and pressed him into the water until he became lifeless.
“On the strength of that, the suspect was arrested by the command operatives attached to Lamurde divisional police headquarters following a report received by the victim’s husband, Alh. Usman Abdul, who is distraught over the loss of his wife and child.”
