Joy Anyim
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, have arrested a 30-year-old housewife, Olufowobi Shukurat, for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepson, Olufowobi Azeem, to death.
Shukurat, who was arrested alongside her husband and father of the child, Olufowobi Ayuba, was said to have hit the boy with a heavy object on the head, which resulted in a fracture and bleeding in the skull.
The couple, both residents of Oshodi-Oke area of Ogijo in Ogun State, had taken the deceased to a nurse for first aid treatment. While the nurse advised them to take the boy to the hospital because of the fractured skull, the couple retired home with the boy, who later died from the fracture.
In a bid to cover up their evil act, the duo had taken the remains of Azeem to Ajah area of Lagos, where they secretly buried him.
However, concerned neighbours had hinted the police on the alleged criminal act, leading to the arrest of the couple on Sunday, February 2, 2020, at 12:30p.m.
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According to the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi: “ The suspects were arrested following an information received from members of the public who informed police at Ogijo division that the deceased boy was beaten with an object on his head which gave him a skull injury that eventually resulted to the death of the victim.
“ Information further revealed that the woman and her husband hurriedly took the corpse of the victim to Ajah in Lagos state where he was secretly buried. Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo Division, Suleman Baba Muhammed, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), quickly mobilized his detectives to the scene where the couple who have started packing their belongings away from the area were promptly arrested.
“ Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman has been maltreating the victim whose mother has separated from the father due to unreconcileable differences. On the fateful day, the boy was beaten on the head with a heavy object which caused him a broken skull resulting to his eventual death. The nurse who gave the victim first aid treatment and informed the couple of her observation, was pleaded with by the woman and her friend to lie about the cause of the victim death but she refused because it is against the ethics of her profession.
“ The couple Ayuba Olufowobi and Shukurat Olufowobi are currently undergoing interrogation at Ogijo Divisional Headquarters and they are helping the police in the investigation.”
Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), for further investigation and prosecution.
