A woman has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for using a razor blade to brutalize her neighbor’s child.
The woman, identified as Shade Adelowo, 31, was arrested on Sunday, October 24, for inflicting serious injuries on the body of one Kehinde Ojo, 11, over allegations that the boy stole the sum of N3000 from her purse.
The woman, a resident of Giwa Oke aro area of Agbado, and a mother of two was arrested following a report at Agbado divisional headquarters, by the victim’s mother.
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Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the DPO Agbado division immediately discharged his detectives to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested.
He said:
“On interrogation, she claimed that the victim who used to stay with her whenever his mother is not around stole #3000 from her purse, and that she didn’t know what come over her that made her to inflict such grievous injuries on the boy. She further claimed that she has been taken care of the boy and his twin brother for quiet some time now, and that what happened on that fateful day is devil’s handwork.” he said
He also said that the mother of the victim had been abandoned by her husband, who left her with three children.
”The woman has been engaging in menial jobs to take care of the three children, and whenever she is going out for work, she will take the children to the suspect who happened to be her neighbor. She stated further that it was a thing of surprise for her when she saw what the suspect did to her son, because she has been very good to her in the past.
The victim has been taken to hospital for medical treatment and he is responding to treatment.” he said
Oyeyemi also said that the commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the anti-human trafficking and child labor unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
