A 20-months old boy has died after being thrown into a well by 10-year old step-sister, OYOgist.com reports.
The 10-year old, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her step brother into the well because she was being maltreated by her step mother and she didn’t know the brother would die.
“My mother separated from my father and she born nine children for my father and two died. So Usman’s mother is living with us now and she cooks for us.
They love Usman more than me, whenever he passes graces or urinates on my food, his mother will say I should eat it like that, that nothing will happen to me.
“Usman’s mother will only remove where the graces is and ask me to eat it and any day I did not eat the food she will beat me.
“So, on the day the incident happened, it was night and Usman had graces on his body and I was told to fetch water from the well to wash his body.
“As I was going to fetch water, Usman followed me and I throw him inside well and I informed my father that some with hijab came to kidnap Usman.
“My father said if we get to the police station I should say it is my mother and her friend that kidnapped Usman. I now said I cannot lie against my mother, but my father said said I should say it that nothing will happen to me.”
According to Nannews.ng, the commissioner of police in the state confirmed the incident and said the 10 year old will be tried with homicide because she confessed to the crime and the 20months old boy’s body was recovered from the well
