The Ogun State Police Command have arrested a housewife, Rose Michael, for allegedly cutting the hands and thigh of her stepdaughter, Blessing, with a razor blade.
The woman was said to have inflicted deep injuries on the 8-year-old after she (Blessing) had a disagreement with her (Rose’s) daughter at their home on Onofowokan Street, Ita-Oluwa, in the Ogijo area of the state.
The stepmother reportedly called the victim’s father, James Michael, who was at work, complaining that Blessing had injured her daughter.
She then threatened to avenge her daughter by inflicting injuries on Blessing as well.
James, who alerted the police, said he had begged his wife to wait for him till he returned home to sort out the issues.
According to him, he was shocked to see Blessing’s deep cuts as blood flowed from the wounds.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect blamed the devil for her action.
Oyeyem said, “The suspect was arrested following a complaint from her husband, James Michael, that his wife called him on the telephone while he was away at work, informing him that his daughter, Blessing, beat her little daughter and injured her on her leg. He said his wife threatened to injure her in revenge.
“The complainant stated further that he pleaded with her to wait for him to see what actually happened. But before his arrival, the woman had used a razor blade to inflict deep cuts on the girl’s two hands and thigh, which led to her bleeding profusely.
“Upon the complaint, the DPO Ogijo division, SP Tijani Muhammed, detailed detectives to effect the arrest of the suspect. On interrogation, she owned up to the commission of the offence, but blamed it on the devil, as she claimed not to know what came over her at the time.”
The PRO, who said the victim had been admitted to a private hospital in the community, Lenard Hospital, Ogijo, also noted that the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, had ordered the transfer of the case to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Anti-Child Labour Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Eleweran, for further investigation.
A commercial motorcyclist, Ibrahim Oladeji, has urged an Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 5-year-old marriage.
The man, who resides at Gberigbe area of Ikorodu, told the court that he suspected that the wife’s ex-husband was the father of their child.
“I don’t believe the child belongs to me, he doesn’t look like me; he resembles the other man.
“I have seen them together and thereafter, she became pregnant,” he said.
Oladeji, who described the wife as a troublesome woman and a chronic liar, told the court that she moved out of his apartment about two years ago.
Responding, the 26-year-old wife, Rukayat, denied all allegations and insisted that Ibrahim was the biological father of the child.
“Truly, he saw me with my ex-boyfriend at an open place and since then he has been suspecting me. Fortunately, I became pregnant thereafter.
“My ex-boyfriend is married to his own wife and we were not in a relationship anymore.
“He has married another wife and my child is staying with his new wife.
“But I want my son back as I am no longer interested in the marriage”, she said.
The court president, Mrs Funmi Adeola, advised the petitioner to take the child to the hospital for fatherhood test.
“It is the only way to determine the paternity of the child”, she said.
She subsequently adjourned the case to December 15.
Operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) have arrested two suspected ritualists in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old girl, Taye Gusau, in Idosemo, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the suspects, Yewanu Tailoju, and Asamo Soji, lured the girl, who was hawking puff-puff (doughnut) after school, into the bush and murdered her.
After killing her, they decapitated the body, cut off the hands and intestines.
The state Public Relations Officer of VGN, Adebodun Omotolani, who disclosed this over the weekend to newsmen, said that the suspects reportedly dumped the body in a well on an abandoned plot of land at Igude, after decapitating it.
“Four days ago, the parents of the girl, when they did not see their child, reported to the VGN, who swung into action, leading to the arrest of 35-year-old, Yewenu Tailoju.
“It was Tailoju that named his partner, Asamo Soji, who is now in Police net and confessed to killing the young girl for money rituals.
“He later took officers of the VGN to where her corpse was dumped after severing her head and hands, while her intestines were also removed,” Omotolani said.
The Commandant of the VGN, Olanrewaju Adedoyin, who advised members of the public to always avail the group with information, said VGN was poised to taking community policing to a level that will reduce crime in the society.
He therefore said the case will be properly handed over to the Nigeria Police for further investigation and prosecution.
An Ilorin based woman, Rasheedat Zubairu, on Monday told an Ilorin Area Court, to dissolve her 17 years marriage to her husband, Kehinde Zubairu, over barrenness.
The 35-year-old woman said that she had advise Kehinde to marry another wife as their marriage did not produce any child.
According to her, all efforts to conceive proved abortive adding that her husband twin sister gives her problems.
She said “I want this marriage to be dissolved, I am fed up and there is no love between us again.”
“I have advised my husband Kehinde, to marry another woman, but he refused, and he believes that I can still give birth. He has been faithful to me.
“It is my husband’s twin sister that has been giving me problems for years, and I cannot bear it again.”
The judge, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, told the petitioner to allow peace to reign.
He directed the court bailiff to serve the respondent again with court summon since he has refused to appear in court.
The case was adjourned till November 27 for hearing.
