A 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, who resides at
Isote area of Shagamu, Ogun State, has been arrested by the state police
command for allegedly killing her two-day old granddaughter.
She allegedly killed the tot by feeding her with
sniper insecticide.
In a statement signed by the state police spokesperson,
Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Akinola committed the act
on November 21, 2019, out of hatred for her son-in-law, and admitted to the
crime.
According to Oyeyemi, "On November 21, 2019, we
arrested Mrs. Akinola, 42, a resident of Isote area of Shagamu, for allegedly
poisoning her two-day-old granddaughter, which resulted to the death of the baby.
"She was arrested when the police in Shagamu
division received information after the reported death of the child.
"The suspect, who has never hidden her hatred
for her son-in-law, who is the father of the baby, was tending to the child
while her mother was bathing. Only for her to come back and met the lifeless
body of the baby.
"Upon the information, the DPO of Shagamu
division, SP Okiki Agunbiade, detailed his detectives to the scene where the
killer grandmother was promptly arrested.
"On interrogation, the suspect admitted
killing the baby because she didn't fancy the idea of her daughter getting
married to the father of the deceased.
She confessed further that when she discovered that her daughter was
pregnant, she made an attempt to terminate the pregnancy but her pastor warned
her not to do so hence she waited for her to deliver before carrying out her ‘devilish’
intention.
"She explained further that she poisoned the
baby with a popular deadly insecticide.
"The corpse of the baby has been deposited at
Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy, while the suspect has
been transferred to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and
intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution."
Also, last week, the Ogun State police arrested a
30-year-old mother of six, Risikat Olabintan, for allegedly throwing her
day-old baby inside a soak-away pit.
Risikat had reportedly said that she took the
action owing to grinding poverty and her husband had long abandoned her.
The police had arrested Risikat, after having ensured
that the baby was rescued from the latrine pit.
Her arrest followed a distress call received by
members of Ibukun Oluwapo community Ishaga Surulere area in Owode-Yewa local
council area of the state that some children, while playing at the backyard of their
compound, heard the cry of a baby in the soak-away and raised the alarm.
In another development, two suspected robbers, who
are also members of Aye and Eiye confraternities, have been arrested by
operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS).
The arrest was made on November 22 after a failed
attempt to dispossess two occupants of a vehicle in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos
State.
According to a statement made available to journalists,
"The suspects, Abbey Kolawole, 40, Ikenna Eze, 30, and Femi who is still
at large, had accosted two occupants of a vehicle, who were having private
discussions.
"The occupants were reported to have locked
and wound up the glass of the car before the suspects got there.
"According to Eze, Femi, the leader of gang,
brandishing gun, ordered the occupants to alight from the car but they refused.
"He shot into the air, and threatened to shoot
the occupants. He was attempting to fire the second shot when the locally made
double barrel gun failed to fire.
"By this time, the residents of the area had
emerged to check what was happening. The robbers fled in different directions
and abandoned their gun.
"While the leader of the gang escaped, both
Kolawole and Eze were unlucky as residents who they were attempting to scale
their fences apprehended them and handed them over to the officers of Rapid
Response Squad."
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