A 24 year-old man, Danladi Abubakar, was arraigned before a Minna Magistrate’s Court 7 for allegedly removing the body-parts of an 11 month-old baby in Fujeregi village in Gbako Local Government Area of Niger State.
The accused was charged with culpable homicide which is punishable by death under section 221 of the penal code law on November 19, 2013, Tuesday.
The father of the deceased, Mohammed Worogi, reported to the police in Lemu town that on November 4, 2013, one Danladi Abubakar picked his daughter, Hadiza, from their room and beheaded her. The child killer was alleged to have removed her genital and took it with the head to an unknown destination.
Danladi Abubakar pleaded guilty to the offence, saying he was contracted by another person to bring the head and genital for N20,000.
Inspector Daniel Ikwoche, the police prosecutor, told the court that investigation into the case had just commenced and after completion the case would be forwarded to the office of the Director of Public Prosecutor, DPP, in the Ministry of Justice for legal advice.
Mrs. Maryam Ladidi King, the Magistrate, said her court was only conducting preliminary trial on the case, she has no jurisdiction to handle it, and, thereby, remanded the accused in prison custody pending legal advice from the DPP.