Benue mother docked for killing her one-month-old son

By Onyeje Abutu-Joel

A 21-year-old mother, Doowuese Paul, has been arraigned at the Correctional Centre, Makurdi, for allegedly strangling her one-month-old son, Terhile Chupa in Gboko, Benue State.

She was arraigned before Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday on a one-count charged of culpable homicide.

The Prosecuting police officer, Insp Friday Kanshio, told the court that the case was transferred from ‘B’ Division Police Station, Gboko to State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Makurdi, the Benue state capital via a letter.

The prosecutor said the letter stated that on Dec 14, 2025, the police at Gboko received a distress call from an unidentified person from No. 27 Kajo ‘C’ Street, Gboko East, that the defendant had strangled her one-month-old baby to death in the house of one of her friends, Ashiekaa Shieminenge.

He said that the defendant was arrested during police investigation for committing the crime which contravenes Section 222 of the Penal Code Law of Benue, 2004.

When the case came up, the Chief Magistrate, Mrs Regina Alashi did not take her plea for want of jurisdiction.

Alashi adjourned the matter until March 12, 2026, for further mention.

NAN