Ogun Housewife Held for Beating Stepson to Death

Matilda Omonaiye/

The police in Ogun have held a 30-year-old housewife who allegedly beat her 5-year-old stepson to death at Oshodi-Oke area of Ogijo.

Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the housewife as Shukurat Olufowobi, and the stepson as Azeem Olufowobi. 

Oyeyemi told NewsmakersNG in a statement: “The suspect was arrested at about 12:30 pm of Sunday 02-02-2020 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. The 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 DPO Ogijo Division, CSP Suleman Baba Muhammed 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 irreconcilable differences. On that fateful day, the boy was beaten on the head with a heavy object which caused him a broken skull resulting in his eventual death. The nurse who gave the victim first aid treatment and informed the couple of her observation was begged by the woman and her friend to lie about the cause of the victim’s 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 were helping the police in their investigation. 

Oyeyemi further revealed that the commissioner of police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.