21-year-old mother remanded for allegedly killing one-month-old son
The Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered the remand of a 21-year-old mother, Doowuese Paul, at the correctional centre in Makurdi for allegedly killing her one-month-old son, Terhile Chupa.
Ms Paul, who lives at No. 113, Ikyese Street in the Gboko Local Government Area of Benue, was charged with culpable homicide.
When the case came up, the chief magistrate, Regina Alashi, did not take her plea for want of jurisdiction.
Ms Alashi adjourned the matter until March 12, 2026, for further mention.
Earlier, the prosecuting police officer, Friday Kanshio, told the court that the case was transferred from the ‘B’ Division Police Station, Gboko, to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Makurdi, via a letter.
The prosecutor said the letter stated that on December 14, 2025, the police at Gboko received a distress call from an unidentified person from No. 27 Kajo ‘C’ Street, Gboko East, that the defendant had strangled her one-month-old baby to death in the house of one of her friends, Ashiekaa Shieminenge.
He said the defendant was arrested during a police investigation for committing the crime, which contravenes Section 222 of the Penal Code Law of Benue, 2004.
(NAN)
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