I Don’t Regret Killing My 1-Day-Old Baby

A troubled mom from Ebonyi State named Ugochukwu Otu killed her 1-day-old baby girl immediately after having been discharged from a maternity home.

According to The Sun, the 25-year-old woman committed the crime December 22, 2014 in Enohia Nkalu Afikpo North LGA of the state.

What would have been considered and welcomed as the best Christmas gift by any other woman, for Otu came s a burden.

Soon after the delivery, she killed the child, put the girl’s dead body in a black polyethylene bag and dumped it in a bush near Ndibe beach road in her area.

It did not take long for the offence to transpire as Otu’s neighbours started asking the “happy” mother about her baby. It was revealed by Ebonyi State Police Commissioner, Maigari Dikko.

The woman confessed to what she had done and showed the lead the locals to the place where the dead baby was lying.

Allowed to speak with journalists, Otu showed no signs of regret. She narrated the story in her own sight:

“I killed my one-day old baby girl intentionally because I don’t have N500 for her medical treatment. I want to be free lady. I didn’t have any intention to get pregnant. I was impregnated by one man called Monday, a native of Ozizza Afikpo North LGA.

“But later he refused to accept the pregnancy and I didn’t plan for it. I am not ready to marry; I want to be a free lady. I had to strangle the baby girl and put the corpse in a black poly­thene bag and dumped it along Ndibe beach road, near the bush. I don’t regret killing my baby because nobody was responsible for her upkeep.”

Police confirmed the recovery of the baby’s corpse and said that Otu would soon be charged to court for the murder.