A 27-year-old man, Muhammad Garba Ladan, has been arrested by men of the Bauchi state police command over the alleged strangulation of his four-month-old daughter, Fatimah Muhammad, in Zirami, Azare, Bauchi State.
The command said the incident was reported at about 10pm on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the Azare Divisional Police Headquarters.
According to a statement issued on Friday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, the infant’s 20-year-old mother brought her lifeless body to the police station after allegedly discovering her d£ad at home.
The bereaved mother told the police that she had left the baby sleeping at home while she went to a neighbour’s house for hairdressing.
She said that shortly after returning home, she discovered that the baby was no longer breathing and allegedly saw her husband, Garba Ladan, suspiciously coming out of the room.
The mother further alleged that her husband had previously made several unsuccessful attempts to k!ll the child.
According to the police, she linked the alleged attempts to the circumstances surrounding the pregnancy, which she said occurred before she and Garba Ladan subsequently got legally married. Following the report, detectives attached to the Azare Division rushed the infant to the General Hospital, where a medical doctor on duty confirmed her death. Marriage
The doctor reportedly attributed the cause of de@th to strangulation.
The police subsequently arrested Garba Ladan, who is currently undergoing preliminary investigation. The command said the infant’s remains were later released to her relatives for burial.