Woman, Two Others, Arrested for Murder, Cultism

Kayode Fasua in Abeokuta and Sunday Ehigiator in Lagos

A 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, who resides at Isote area of Shagamu, Ogun State, has been arrested by the state police command for allegedly killing her two-day old granddaughter.

She allegedly killed the tot by feeding her with sniper insecticide.

In a statement signed by the state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, Akinola committed the act on November 21, 2019, out of hatred for her son-in-law, and admitted to the crime. According to Oyeyemi, “On November 21, 2019, we arrested Mrs. Akinola, 42, a resident of Isote area of Shagamu, for allegedly poisoning her twoday-old granddaughter, which resulted to the death of the baby.

“She was arrested when the police in Shagamu division received information after the reported death of the child.

“The suspect, who has never hidden her hatred for her sonin-law, who is the father of the baby, was tending to the child while her mother was bathing. Only for her to come back and met the lifeless body of the baby.

“Upon the information, the DPO of 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 fancy the idea of her daughter getting married to the father of the deceased. She confessed further 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 popular deadly insecticide.

“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.”