THE Police in Ogun State have arrested a 40-year-old woman, identified as Foluke Owolewa, for allegedly killing her one day old baby at Ipamesan in Sango-Ota area of Ogun State.
She was reported to have committee the heinous act shortly after she delivered the baby girl at her apartment.
The suspect was reported to the Police by the Chairman of Vive Community Development Area to the men of the state police command attached to Sango Divisional Police Headquarters, on Wednesday.
Upon her arrest at her 17, Ilupeju Street, Anishere Unity Estate, Sango Ota,
the suspect said she killed the child because of her husband inability to cater for her older children.
Tribune Online gathered that the woman had once attempted to kill one of her children by throwing her into a pit latrine on delivery.
The baby was said to have been rescued alive by sympathisers before this incident.
The remains of the baby were recovered and handed over to the suspect’s husband for burial.
The Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, is said to have directed that the suspect be transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.
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