A woman who drowned her children in a well has been subjected to a mental evaluation.
The woman, who was arrested on Tuesday, November 2, claimed that she drowned them “because their glory had been stolen”
Confirming the incident, Osun State spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola said the woman was non-remorseful about the act, which led to the decision of subjecting her to a mental evaluation.
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The police spokesperson said;
“It is pathetic that no one saw the culprit when she perpetrated the act on Monday night.
“The culprit, who lives around Oke Baale area, Osogbo, was said to be having some kind of mental problem.
“She was said to have been deported and it is assumed that maybe the deportation affected her mentally.
“When interrogated, she said she did it; that she drowned her daughters and her own to the crime without remorse gives suspicion to the speculations that she might be having some mental problem.
“She is still with the state CID and the bodies of her daughters (aged five and eight) were recovered yesterday (Wednesday), with the help of fire service.
“It took serious efforts from Tuesday to retrieve the dead bodies from the well because the well was filled with water, but the bodies of the girls have been deposited at the mortuary.”
Opalola also said the woman’s family should have taken her for mental treatment after they discovered she has mental issues. She further stated that this could have averted the tragedy
