A 28 year old housewife, Victoria Yohanna, accused of killing 2 of her neighbour's children with a substance suspected to be poison has landed in Yola prison in Adamawa State.
Victoria, who hails from Mataka village, Mildu district in Madagali LGA, allegedly gave poisonous substance to 2 of her neighbour's children leading to their untimely death.
She was accused of causing the death of Dali Augustine(5 years old) and Kwanye Augustine(3 years old) on the 2nd November, 2021, after she allegedly gave them a substance.
The father of the deceased, Markus Dali, reported to the police in Madagali LGA that the housewife gave substance suspected to be a poison to his children, and that his kids died after consuming the substance.
According to him, they rushed the children to Michika General Hospital for medical attention, but that between 8th and 9th November, 2021, the children died as confirmed by a medical doctor.
The mother of 3 was arrested and arraigned before Chief Magistrate court 1, Yola on Friday, for alleged culpable homicide contrary to section 191 of the penal code law, 2018.
But the nursing mother vehemently denied killing the children when the content of the FIR was read and explained to her following an application by the prosecutor, Inspector Hamza Abdullahi.
NEWS PLATFORM learnt that Victoria, saw the children following their mother who was going out on that fateful day where she advised them to return back home.
It was gathered that after the children returned back home, they fell sick and passed on at Michika General Hospital as a result of the sickness, but since then, people started accusing the woman as the one who killed them.
After the case was mentioned, the court presided by Chief Magistrate Abdullahi Mohammed Digil, adjourned the matter to the 30th December, 2021, so as to enable the prosecution duplicate case file and transmit same to DPP for legal advice.
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