Talking to journalists on the apprehension in Lokoja, the Kogi state resources, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Katsina says the suspect, a herbalist, then buried the kid in a shallow tomb in his own compound. Reporting the authorities investigation, the police supervisor, Mr Katsina revealed that on the New Year’s Eve, December 31, around 11:55 PM, the suspect gently took the child named Sunday Folorunsho who was already asleep that night and killed him in gruesome scenario.

He included that having actually achieved his aim, the suspect dug a shallow grave in his compound and hurriedly buried the corps of the infant.

The police escorted Mr Folorunsho to his compound where the baby’s corpse was buried and he was then asked to exhume the corpse.

Digging out the corpse of the baby, he handed over the body to a pathologist who conducted an autopsy on the dead baby.

The autopsy result read that the child died of multiple fractures through the application of blunt object and trauma.

The 48-year-old suspect, a native of Egbe in Yagba West Local Government Area of the state is married with three other kids.

Kojex Yarns Naija