The police in Ogun State have arrested a 42-year-old woman,
Temitope Akinola, for allegedly killing her two-day-old
granddaughter by poisoning.
Mrs Akinola of Isote area of Shagamu, Ogun State, allegedly fed
the infant with an insecticide, Sniper.
Police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Sunday
said Mrs Akinola was arrested upon information received by the
police in Shagamu division on the death of the child.
He said the suspect was the only person with the child while the
baby’s mother went to take her bath. The mother returned 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,” Mr Oyeyemi said.
He said on interrogation, the suspect admitted to killing the
baby because she did not like her daughter getting married to the
father of the baby.
The police said the suspect 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. She
allegedly said she decided to wait for the baby to be delivered
before carrying out her intention.
“She explained further that she poisoned the baby with a deadly
insecticide known as Sniper,” Mr Oyeyemi said.
The officer said the corpse of the baby had been deposited at
Olabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital mortuary for autopsy, while the
suspect has been transferred to the homicide section of the state
criminal investigation and intelligence department for further
investigation and prosecution.
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