A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benue State on Friday ordered the remand of a 21-year-old mother, Doowuese Paul , at the Correctional Centre, Makurdi for allegedly killing her one-month-old son, Terhile Chupa.
Paul, who lives at 113, Ikyese Street in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, was charged with culpable homicide.
When the case came up, the Chief Magistrate, Regina Alashi, did not take her plea for want of jurisdiction.
Alashi adjourned the matter until March 12, 2026 for further mention.
Earlier, the prosecuting police officer, Inspector Friday Kanshio, told the court that the case was transferred from ‘B’ Division Police Station, Gboko to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Makurdi via a letter.
The prosecutor said the letter stated that on December 14, 2025, the police at Gboko received a distress call from an unidentified person from 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.
Kanshio 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.
