A suspected rent-a-baby beggar, Hafsa Asirinka Ibrahim, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly drugging a baby, Hassana Jemilo, to death.
The accused, 40, is facing a two-count charge of murder and conspiracy.
She pleaded not guilty.
Magistrate Helen Omisore ordered that the accused be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons, pending advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
Prosecuting Sergeant Edet Ekpo told the court that the accused committed the offence on November 15, 2016 at about 9.46 p.m. at Balogun on Lagos Island.
He alleged that the accused was in the business of hiring babies from their mother for alms begging.
“The accused will drug them to sleep throughout the day while begging for alms on the road.
“On the said date, the accused administered a sleeping drug on a nine-month-old Hassana Jemilo (now deceased) and did not know that he had given her an overdose.
“The baby did not wake up again as a result of the overdose,” he said.
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