Grandmother kills newborn grandson in Kano
Magistrate Haulatu Magaji Kankarofi has ordered that a 45-year-old woman, Hauwa Ibrahim, be remanded in a Kano correctional centre for killing her newborn grandchild with acid.
The defendant, who resides in Tugar Bala Ward of Bagwai local government area, was charged with murder, to which she pleaded guilty.
The prosecutor, Barrister Ahmed Muhammad, had earlier told the court that the defendant murdered her grandson who is the child of her son’s second wife because the first wife does not have a male child yet.
Barrister Muhammed said that the suspect decided to murder the baby of the second wife, Badariyya Ibrahim because she favours the first wife.
He said the defendant used acid to kill the newborn baby when his mother (complainant) went to the restroom.
Magistrate Kankarofi adjourned the case to 4th October for further hearing.
