Police arrest 18-Year-Old for Killing a Mother and her Child

 

Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, Adamawa State Command, have made an arrest on an 18-year-old boy identified as Volamu Kalbes, for double murder.

In a released statement today (08/06/2022), the Command stated that the accused was apprehended on Monday (06/06/2022) after he submerged and drowned a 36-year-old woman, Talatu Usman, and her 1-year-old child, at Sabon Layi village of Lamurde LGA of the state.

The deceased had went for a bath by the riverside when he pounced on her.

"The victim was said to have resisted an attempt by the suspect to rape her, but to no avail, as he overpowered her and pressed her down into the water where she died" 

"After killing the woman, the suspect took the child who was crying profusely on the river bank, and pressed him into the water until he became lifeless"

Volamu's arrest however came, following a report made at the Lamurde Divisional Police Headquarters by the bereaved husband and father - Alhaji Usman Abdul.