The Police in Ogun State says it has arrested a housewife, aged 47, for beating her husband’s niece, aged 11, to death.
This was disclosed in a Wednesday statement in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, who is a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).
DSP Oyeyemi, according to the statement copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER, the suspect named Joy Egeonu, who was arrested 6 February 2019, killed the husband’s niece on allegation that she stole her N6,500.
“The suspect was arrested following a report by the deceased’s mother Ijeoma Egeonu who reported at Agbado Divisional headquarters that her son who was living with her elder brother and his wife at Opeilu in Agbado was beaten to death by her brother’s wife over an allegation that the boy Chibuike Egeonu stole the sum of #6,500 belonging to the said woman. She stated further that the incident happened on the 3rd of February 2019 and that the woman took the corpse of the boy to Ifo where she hurriedly buried the niece.
“On the strength of the report, the DPO Agbado Division CSP Omonijo Olatunji led his detectives to the scene where the woman was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have suspected the boy as the person who stole her money which prompted her to flog the boy to the point of Coma. She further stated that the boy gave up the ghost while she was taken him to the hospital and that it was later discovered that the missing money was taken by her husband and not the deceased as suspected. She has since taken detectives to where the boy was hurriedly buried.
“Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police Cp Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal investigation and intelligence Department for further investigation. He equally ordered for the arrest of the suspect’s husband who assisted in burying the boy in order to cover the criminal act of his wife,” DSP Oyeyemi said.
