A 27-year-old househelp has been accused of impregnating his boss’ daughter and killing her to cover his tracks in Mai’ari Arewa village, Pali district in the Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The househelp who has now been picked up by the police is identified as Munkaila Ado. He reportedly had carnal knowledge of the 13-year-old girl and connived with her mother to take her to Gombe State for an abortion.
According to a statement by the state police command’s spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, the four-month-old pregnancy was successfully aborted.
However, the suspect and his friend still went ahead to strangle the victim, burn her body beyond recognition and bury her in a shallow grave at a nearby bush in the Akko LGA of Gombe State.
The father was later alarmed that his daughter was nowhere to be found and suspected his houseboy might have something to do with it. He consequently reported his househelp and his accomplice at the Alkaleri Divisional Police Headquarters.
The police spokesperson said, “On interrogation, the suspect confessed that the missing girl was his girlfriend who was four-month pregnant to the knowledge of her mother but unknown to the father, Alhaji Danladi Mohammed.
“He further revealed that he conspired with the mother of the girl and his accomplice, Muazu Umar, to take the victim to Gombe for an abortion.
“On reaching Gombe, the victim was led to the house of one Hajiya Amina Abubakar, female, (50), in Jekada Fari, behind specialist hospital Gombe where the victim was administered with some substances to cause miscarriage.
“Eventually, on their way to Mai’ari village along Akko LGA Gombe State, the two aforementioned suspects strangled the victim. They burnt the body beyond recognition and buried it in a shallow grave at a nearby bush in Akko LGA Gombe State.’’
