The Ogun police command says it has arrested 21 year old Amudalat Taiwo, for allegedly throwing her 12-day- old baby into pit latrine in Ilaro area of the state.
Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Monday.
Oyeyemi stated that her arrest followed a complaint from her landlord, one Oshunshina Olawale, who reported that one of his tenants at No.28, Isheri Street, Ilaro, woke up early in the morning of June 20 and went to the toilet to ease herself only to be hearing the cry of a baby inside the pit toilet.
He said that on the strength of the complaint, the DPO Ilaro Division CSP Opebiyi Sunday, led detectives to the scene where the latrine was broken and the baby was rescued.
Oyeyemi explained that investigation revealed that the baby was given birth to by the suspect who was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, she claimed that she is an orphan married to one Taiwo Owolabi who has already married to another woman and have five children.
“She stated further that the husband is not taken care of her and the baby and since she has no means of catering for the newly born baby, she decided to do away with her.
” The said husband has been arrested for failure to provide necessary care, ” he said.
He added that the case had 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, Cp Ahmed Iliyasu, for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.
“The baby is in a stable condition at Stella Obansanjo motherless baby home, ” he said
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