Recall that a 50-year-old Muslim man identified as Bawada Audi was arrested by police in Bauchi state for allegedly burying his daughter’s newborn baby alive, his daughter identified as Hafsat has now broken silence as she explained what truly happened to her newborn baby.
According to police reports on the case, Bawada Audi was arrested for snatching his daughter’s newborn baby and burying him alive beside a fence in his own house, but speaking to Daily Trust Hafsat claims that was not what really happened.
Hafsat revealed that she doesn’t remember ever sleeping with any man, and did not even know that she was pregnant until when she actually gave birth to a baby boy. She revealed that she has for long been battling with a mental illness, and all the pregnancy side effects were believed to be side effects of her illness and was taking medications even when she went into labor she thought it was caused by her illness
Hafsat revealed that she was alone in the room where she went into labor and gave birth successfully but the baby was in a coma state for two hours before her mother came in and was shocked to discover what had happened. They called a mid-wive who examined the child and confirmed him dead so they wrapped the child up with a piece of clothing and waited for her father Bawada to return.
When her father finally returned and all that happened was relayed to him, he decided to bury the “dead” child beside his house fence without involving anyone but rumors began to spread that she gave birth and her father buried the child. Some individuals reported to law enforcement who both her and her dad but released her the next day
Furthermore, she explained that both her mother and herself are suffering from similar mental illness and the person (her father) who was working hard to cater for them has been in police custody over a wrong indictment.
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