A Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday, remanded a 27-year old fisherman, Fatai Yussuf over the death of his six weeks old daughter.

Yussuf allegedly killed his daughter by throwing her into the lagoon because she was sick.

The Chief Magistrate, P.E. Nwaka gave the remand order.

Yussuf is facing a count charge of murder, but his plea has not yet been taken by the court.

Nwaka adjourned the case to Feb 23,  ordering that the defendant be kept at the Ikoyi Custodial Center, pending legal advice from the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

Earlier, the Prosecutor, ASP Thomas Nurudeen, told the court that the defendant committed the offense on Dec. 27, 2020, at Ajanaku Lagoon in Badagry, Lagos.

According to him, the defendant’s wife had dropped their ailing six weeks old baby with him to look after, so that she could do her business.  He said that the defendant had taken the baby and his first son to Ajanaku Lagoon and thrown her into the water in the presence of his son who tried to stop him.

Nurudeen told the court that when his wife returned home, he lied to her and his brother that he had taken the deceased to hospital. He said that after it was discovered that the defendant had thrown his baby into the lagoon, his elder brother went to the nearest police station and reported the case.