Woman In Police Net For Killing Her Two-Day-Old Grand-Daughter With Poison
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun state Police command says it has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper.
The suspect, a resident of Isote
area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government area of the state, was arrested on
Nov. 21 by operatives of the command.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a
statement, said the grandmother was arrested, following the information
received by the police in Sagamu division that the baby left in care of the
suspect by her mother had been found dead.
Oyeyemi said that the mother of the baby was reported to have gone to the
bathroom only to return and discover the lifeless body of her baby.
He noted that upon receiving the information, the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) in charge of Sagamu, Okiki Agunbiade, dispatched detectives to the scene
where the suspect was promptly arrested.
The police spokesperson explained that upon
interrogation, the suspect admitted poisoning and killing the baby because she
didn’t like her daughter getting married to the father of the baby.
“She confessed further that she had attempted to terminate the pregnancy, but
her pastor had warned her against it, hence she waited for her daughter to
deliver before carrying out her devilish intention.
“She explained further that she poisoned the baby with a deadly insecticide known as Sniper,” he said.
Oyeyemi stated that the corpse of the baby had been deposited at the morgue of the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu for autopsy.
He added that the suspect had been
transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and
Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation and prosecution.
(NAN)
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