A 42year old woman Temitope Akinola, who is a resident of Isote area of Shagamu was on Thursday 21st of November 2019 arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for poisoning her two-day old granddaughter to death.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement he sent to The DEFENDER on Sunday.
He said Temitope’s arrest followed an information received by Shagamu Division Headquarters after the death of the child was reported.
According to him the police spokesman, the agency received report that the suspect, who had never hidden her hatred for her son-in-law and father of the baby, was the only person with the child while his mother went to take her birth, “only for her to come back and met the lifeless body of the baby.”
“Upon the information, the DPO 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 like her daughter 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 deadly insecticide known as sniper.
“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.”
