A 24-year-old lady, Sophia Nkwor, has been arrested by the police in Delta state for allegedly dumping and drowning her one-year-old son in a well at Araya community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State.
Parading the suspect before newsmen on the state police headquarters in Asaba on Thursday, May 2, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, mentioned the incident occurred on April 26.
“On 28th of April 2024, a case of infanticide was reported at Oleh Division, {that a} suspect named Sofia Nkwor ‘f’ aged 24 years from Isoko South LGA, dumped her child of one year and one month old in a well along the road in Araya community Isoko South LGA. Children who went to play across the tree found the abandoned child floating on the well.”
Talking to newsmen, the suspect mentioned she determined to kill her child due to her inability to cater for him. Identifying the son as Destiny, she mentioned the father of the child rejected him, adding that she was living with her grandmother in the community.
“l don’t have any helper; it was only me that was taking good care of the child; l was the one one that was doing everything and l was tired of doing that,” she mentioned, adding that she was in a bad mood when she committed the infanticide
