One Akilu Alhaji Saidu, has confessed to beating his three-year-old step-daughter, Saratu Yahuza to death in Katsina state.

Saidu, who has been taken into the Katsina State Police Command custody also explained how he took the deceased’s life.
He claimed he acted under the influence of drugs.

The incident occurred on the 17th of September when Saidu was said to have dragged the toddler into an uncompleted building in Yankara village of Faskari Local Government, Vanguard reported.

He allegedly beat, twisted and broke the three-year-old girl’s neck.

The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the development, said one Yahuza Yakubu, purported to be the biological father of the girl, reported the case at the Police Station in Faskari.

Isah said the suspect has since confessed to the crime and during investigation, told the Police investigators that he acted under the influence of psychotropic substances (drugs).

Isah said the deceased was rushed to Funtua General Hospital, where a doctor confirmed her dead.