Woman beats husband’s nephew to death in Ogun over N6,500

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday,
arrested a 47-year-old housewife, Joy Egeonu, for allegedly beating
the 11-year-old nephew of her husband, Chibuike Egeonu, to death
over an allegation that the deceased stole her N6,500.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola
Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to
journalists in Abeokuta.

Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report by the
mother of the deceased, Ijeoma Egeonu, at the Agbado Divisional
Police Headquarters.

The PPRO said the deceased’s mother told the police that her
son, who was living with her elder brother and his wife at Ope-Ilu
in Agbado, Ifo Local Government Area of the state, was beaten to
death by Joy.

Oyeyemi stated that the incident happened on February 3, 2019,
adding that Joy took the boy’s corpse to Ifo, where she hurriedly
buried him.

He said, “On the strength of the report, the DPO, Agbado
Division, CSP Omonijo Olatunji, led his detectives to the scene,
where the woman was promptly arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have suspected that
the boy stole her money, which prompted her to flog him to the
point of him going into coma.

“She further stated that the boy gave up the ghost while she was
taking him to the hospital and that it was later discovered that
the missing money was taken by her husband and not the deceased as
initially suspected.

“She has since taken detectives to where the boy was hurriedly
buried.

“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has
ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide
section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence
Department for further investigation.

“He equally ordered the arrest of the suspect’s husband, who
assisted in burying the boy, in order to cover the criminal act of
his wife.”