Gombe varsity student nabbed for ‘killing’ own newborn

A 23-year-old female student of Gombe State University (GSU), Rahab Musa Sambo, has been arrested for allegedly killing her newborn baby.

Miss Rahab, a final year student in the Department of Public Administration at the university, allegedly threw the newborn through a window, a few hours after she delivered the baby inside a toilet in one of the female hostel blocks.

A source in the university, who craved anonymity, said the student who hailed from Filiya town of Shongom Local Government Area of Gombe State, conceived the pregnancy outside wedlock, and decided to kill the baby boy by throwing him through the window after she delivered him on Saturday morning.

“Immediately after she delivered the boy, she threw him out through the hostel window. The baby died instantly,” the source said.

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He added that the student was apprehended and saved from a mob that gathered around the hostel, and was taken to the university’s clinic where she was examined and later handed over to the police.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the university, Muhammad Sammani Abubakar, confirmed the incident, saying the school authorities had handed over the girl to the police for further investigation.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Gombe State, ASP Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar, said the case was reported to the police by the university’s Chief Security Officer.

He added that they have since launched an investigation to unravel what actually led the suspect to allegedly kill the newborn baby a few hours after she gave birth.