A 30-year-old housewife, Shukurat Olufowobi , who resides at
Oshodi Oke area of Ogijo has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police
Command for beating her 5-year-old stepson, Azeem Olufowobi to death.
The Command’s spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi stated that
the suspect was arrested at about 12:30 pm on Sunday 2nd February,
2020 following an information received that the boy was beaten with an object
on his head. Oyeyemi disclosed that the impact of the blow gave him a head
injury that eventually resulted to the death of the victim.
“Information
further revealed that the woman and her husband hurriedly took the corpse of
the victim to Ajah in Lagos state where he was secretly buried”, Oyeyemi stated.
The statement signed by DSP Oyeyemi also reads: “Upon the
information, the DPO, Ogijo Division, CSP Suleman Baba Muhammed mobilized his
detectives to the scene where the couple had started packing their belongings,
ready to move away from the area. They were promptly arrested.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman had been
maltreating the victim whose mother has separated from the father due to irreconcilable
differences. On the fateful day, the boy was beaten on the head with a heavy
object which left him with a broken skull resulting to his eventual death. The
nurse who gave the victim first aid treatment and informed the couple of her
observation was pleaded with by the woman and her friend to lie about the cause
of the victim’s death but she refused because it was against the ethics of her
profession.
Both Ayuba Olufowobi and Shukurat Olufowobi are currently
undergoing interrogation at Ogijo Divisional headquarters and they are helping
the police in their investigation.
The Commissioner of Police CP 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.
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