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Folake Sokoya
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Andrew of Ayedere in Obada area of Abeokuta for intentionally killing his six month old baby Precious Koku.
The suspect was arrested following a complaint from the mother of the baby, Omowumi Teleda who lodged complaint at Adigbe Divisional Headquarters that she went out briefly to see her first child she had with her ex-husband leaving the six month old baby with the Father but met the dead body of the child when she got back home.
She explained further that the baby was hail and hearty before she left home and within an hour of her outing, the baby had dropped dead.This made her to strongly suspect her husband who happened to be the only person with the baby.
Upon her complaint, the DPO Adigbe Division CSP Sunday Oladipo detailed Police Detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested.
On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime but claimed to be suspecting that his wife wanted to leave him for her ex-husband.
“I am the one that killed our baby and it is because I thought my wife was making plans to move in with her ex husband. I knew I will not be able to bring up the child and that is why I killed our baby.
The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has directed that the case be transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution of the Suspect.
