The Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended an 18 year old man over the murder of a 36 year old nursing mother and her one year old child.

This brutal killing happened at Lamurde Local Government Area of the state.

Sulaiman Nguroje, the state Police Public Relations Officer, said the suspect attacked the victim by the riverside, where she went to take her bath alongside her child.

Suleiman's words, “The Adamawa State Police Command on June 6, 2022, apprehended an 18 year old suspect for the brutal murder of one Talatu Usman, 36, and her one year old child in Lamurde Local Government Area.

“The victim was said to have resisted an attempt by the suspect to rape her, as he overpowered her and pressed her down into the water, where she died.

“As if this was not enough, the suspect took the child, who was crying uncontrollably on the riverbank and pressed him into the water until he became lifeless.

“On the strength of that, the suspect was arrested by the command operatives attached to Lamurde divisional police headquarters following a report received by the victim’s husband, Alh. Usman Abdul, who is distraught over the loss of his wife and child.”

He further said that the state Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, had called for discreet investigation into the case.