Joy Anyim
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a wicked aunt, Monsurat Olusanya, for using a hot knife to inflict a various degree of injuries on her 4-year-old niece, Fathia Ogundimu, who spilt a pot of soup.
The arrest of Olusanya, a 35-year-old mother of three, followed a complaint from a resident of Tiluwalase community, in Owode, Ijako (name withheld), to the Sango Police Division.
The complainant who came with the girl, reported the case on October 18, 2019, insisting the police intervene before the little girl dies from the series of abuse meted on her by her aunty.
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Information had it that Olusanya who is notorious for the act had after Inflicting heavy body injuries on the toddler with the hot knife, bite her on the stomach and lips.
Confirming the arrest of the suspect, the Spokesperson for the Ogun Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi said: “ On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango police station, Godwin Idehai, a Chief Superintendent of Police, detailed his detectives to the scene where the wicked aunt was promptly arrested.
“ On interrogation, she admitted being responsible for the injuries on the body of the victim but pleaded with the police to be lenient with her, claiming that the devil pushed her to do it. The victim has been taken to hospital for medical treatment.
“ The suspect is currently being detained at Sango division while the biological parent of the victim has been contacted to come and take custody of their daughter. “
The Ogun Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama has also directed that the suspect be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.
Makama also appealed to parents saying: “ know the type of people you give your children to if at all there is need to do so, as many of the so-called guardians are in the habit of maltreating children who are not their own.”
