60-year-old woman advises her 18-year-old daughter to k#ll her newborn child in Enugu

n 18-year-old lady, Ada Joy Okonkwo, and her mother, Christiana Okonkwo, 60, have been arrested by police operatives in Enugu State in connection with the n¥rder of a newborn male child.

It is reported that the incident happened at Olocha-Adogba in Awgu community of the state on November 7.
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According to a statement by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, says preliminary investigation shows that the said mother of the newborn child used a kitchen kn#fe to st@b the child to de@th, following the counseling of her mother, moments after she was delivered of the baby at home.

Ndukwe said the child was taken to the hospital and confirmed de@d by the doctors on duty, while the c@rpse was deposited in the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
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The police PRO mentioned that the state Commissioner of police has called on citizens of the community, particularly the women who carried out a peaceful demonstration to express their disgust over the act, to maintain peace, and avoid acts that could lead to the breakdown of law and order in the community.