Operatives of Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command, have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Sukurat Olajoke, for allegedly killing her one-month-old baby and throwing the body into a river in the state.
Ogun Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday said Olajoke was arrested by policemen attached to Enugada divisional headquarters, Abeokuta.
Olajoke was arrested by a patrol team for the Enugada Divisional Headquarters, Abeokuta, led by DPO SP Baba Hamzat, as a result of her suspicious behaviour after throwing an object in a river.
It was said that while the police were on routine patrol with the DPO, SP Baba Hamzat, they “saw the woman throwing something suspicious into the river.”
Oyeyemi disclosed that;
The suspicious behaviour of the woman, after throwing the object into the river, attracted the policemen who quickly apprehended her for questioning.
During interrogation, the suspect, a resident of Agboole Alakoye area of Igbo Ora in Oyo State, “confessed that what she threw into the river was the corpse of her one-month-old baby, who she killed out of frustration.”
The woman was quoted as saying that;
The person who is responsible for the pregnancy of the baby, rejected her and the baby and since she had no means of taking care of the child, she decided to kill and throw her into the river.
The police stated that its preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a mother of six other children owned by three different fathers.
She was impregnated by another man simply identified as Hakeem, who refused to accept the paternity of the child.
Oyeyemi stated;
The DPO engaged the services of local divers, who helped in recovering the corpse of the child and it has been deposited at the general hospital mortuary.
The spokesperson stated that the woman would be transferred to the homicide section as ordered by Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun.
