Man Buries Own Daughter Alive

Mr. Anthony Sunday, 26, has buried his five-month-old daughter alive in Ebonyi state. The suspect, who is now cooling his heels at the Abakaliki Federal Prison, in Ebonyi State, was said to have on May 26, 2019, at Okwerike village Abaomege, in Onicha Local Government Council of the state , committed the abominable act. It was learnt that sequel to constant disagreements and fights with his wife, the accused decided to get back at his wife by killing their breast-sucking daughter. He was accused of carrying the sleeping baby named Roseline to an empty land behind his yam barn and buried her alive in a shallow grave.
It was gathered that the wife on the evening of that fateful day, fed and bathed Roseline during which she slept and was left under the custody of her father and other siblings, while the mother went out. Roseline’s disappearance was not noticed by any other person in the vicinity till the mother came back and wanted to breastfeed her but could not find her. Search parties were set up and they sought her to no avail. But one thing led to another and the least expected suspect (her father) started confessing all that transpired and exhumed the dead body of the innocent baby behind his yam barn. He blamed his wife who, according to him, was always in the habit of up setting him.
Anthony Sunday was on Friday arraigned by the police before an Abakaliki Magistrate Court presided over by Magistrate Ruth Okeh in a suit numbered MAB/357c/2019 for a one count charge of causing death of Roseline by burying her alive. He thereby committed offence punishable under Section 319 (1) of the Criminal Code Cap 33 Vol. 1 Laws of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009. Sequel to gravity of the offence which is above jurisdiction of a magistrate court, the trial magistrate ordered the remand of the suspect in Abakaliki Federal Prison and instructed the police to forward all documents and evidences in the matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions for further Prosecution.

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