Police in Ogun State have arrested a 21-year-old mother, Amudalat Taiwo, for reportedly throwing her 12-day-old baby into a pit latrine.
Amudalat was arrested after her landlord, one Oshunshina Olawale, reported that one of his tenants at 28, Isheri Street, Ilaro, Yewa South local government, went to the toilet in the morning of 20th of June, where the tenant heard the cry of a baby.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the DPO in charge of Ilaro Divisional Police Headquarters, CSP Opebiyi Sunday, led detectives to the scene where the latrine was broken and the baby was ferried out of the pit.
On interrogation, she claimed that she was an orphan and married to one Taiwo Owolabi, who had already married another woman with five children, Daily Post reports.
She stated further that the husband was not taking care of her and the baby.
The PPRO said that since the mother had no means of catering for the baby, she decided to do away with her.
PPRO said,
“The said husband had been arrested for failure to provide necessary support while the case has been transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department on the order of the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.”
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