A
17-year-old housewife identified as Mrs Nguemo Ikyowe has been arrested
for k!lling her 3-year-old stepson, Vanen Ikyowe, in Ginde village in
Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The
suspect was arrested by operatives of operatives of Nigerian Security
and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on September 12, 2024, for a case of
culpable homicide.  Briefing
journalists on this, Benue NSCDC State Commandant, Mrs Larai Bitrus
said the arrest followed a distress call from members of the public that
one Nguemo had murdered a three-year-old boy and dumped his corpse in a
river at Ginde Village in Guma Local Government Area. “Our
men stationed at Ginde Village swiftly moved to the scene and arrested
the suspect who later confessed to the crimes during interrogation,” she
stated.  “The
suspect led their officers who conducted a search and discovered the
lifeless body of the boy and deposited it at a mortuary in Ginde
Village. “The
crime is against the state and so, she will be handed over to the
Nigerian Police Force for possible prosecution after their
investigation.”  The
suspect, who is the second wife of the victim’s father, claimed that
she went to the bush with her stepson to fetch firewood when a spirit
came upon her and she m8rdered the boy.