Ogun state police has on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old woman, Shukurat Olufowobi, for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepson, Azeem Olufowobi, to death.
The suspect, who is a resident of Oshodi Oke Area of Ogijo, Sagamu LGA, was arrested alongside her husband, Ayuba Olufowobi, following a report received at Ogijo Divisional headquarters.
It was gathered that some residents of the area had informed the police that the victim died following an injury he sustained in his head having been allegedly beaten with an object by the prime suspect.
According to a statement issued by the Police Spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Sunday, the woman and her husband allegedly hurriedly took the corpse of the victim to Ajah area in Lagos State to secretly bury him.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman had been maltreating the victim, whose mother separated from the father due to irreconcilable differences.
On the day of the incident, the boy was beaten on the head with a heavy object which caused him to have a broken skull which resulted to his eventual death.
The suspects asked the nurse who gave the victim first aid treatment to lie on their behalf when questioned but she refused stating that it was against the ethics of her profession.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
