The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 35 year old woman, Sukurat Olajoke for allegedly killing her own one month old baby, and dumped the corpse in Ogun river.
Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known on Sunday in a statement adding that the suspect was arrested, when policemen attached to Enugada divisional headquarters Abeokuta who are on routine patrol with the Divisional Police Officer, Baba Hamzat saw the woman throwing something suspicious into the river.
The police spokesman said the suspicious behavior of the woman, after throwing the object into the river attracted the policemen who quickly apprehended her for questioning ,adding that it was on interrogation that the suspect, who lives at 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.
Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi said the suspect confessed further that, the person who is responsible for the pregnancy of the baby, rejected her and the baby, and since she has no means of taking care of the child, she decided to kill and throw her into the river.
The Command image maker said preliminary investigation revealed that, the suspect had given birth to six other children for three different men, before gotten pregnant for one man simply identified as Hakeem who refused to accept the paternity of the child.
Penpushing also reports that, Oyeyemi said the Divisional Police Officer later engaged the service of local divers, who helped in recovering the corpse of the child, and it has been deposited at the general hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
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