Single mother murders her one-year-old kid in Delta

Sofia Nkwo, 24, was paraded by the Delta State Police Command on Thursday after she killed her one-year-old kid.

The mother said that because her son’s father had rejected him, she was unable to raise him and thus killed him.

Along with this, suspects in kidnappings, murders, and car snatchings were paraded.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abaniwonda Olufemi, scowled at the wicked deed carried out by the woman as he paraded the suspects at the police headquarters in Asaba, the capital of Delta State.

He said, “On April 28, 2024, a case of infanticide was reported at Oleh Division, that a suspect named Sofia Nkwor 24, from Isoko south LGA, dump her child of one year and four month old in a well along the road in Araya community Isoko south LGA.

“Children who went to play around the tree discovered the abandoned child floating on the well. The mother Sofia Nkwor was immediately arrested and she stated that she dumped the child on 26th April 2024.

Nkwo confessed to the killing and stated that she killed her son because she was unable to raise him after the father abandoned him.

According to CP Olufemi, the command has people assigned to deal with the current spate of kidnappings and killings in the state’s Ika North-East and Ika South regions, where gunmen are kidnapping and killing farmers.

“We are aware of the security situation in the Ika area of the state, and I have deployed personnel and directed Area Commander to move into the area and curb the bushes.

“The command is also working with Edo state Command because you know the area is the boundary between Delta and Edo,

” he added.