Segun Atanda/
A 47-year-old housewife has been held by the police in Ogun State for allegedly killing an 11-year-old In-law accused of stealing N6, 500.
Unknown to the suspect, Mrs Joy Egeonu, her husband took the money she was looking for and not his little nephew, Chibuike Egeonu.
Mrs Egeonu was arrested today following a report by the victim’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 area of Ogun State was beaten to death the brother’s wife over an allegation that the boy stole N6, 500 belonging to the woman.
According to a statement from the Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the complainant further stated that the incident happened on February 3, 2019, and that the woman took the boy’s corpse to Ifo, where she hurriedly buried him.
Oyeyemi stated: “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 till he went into coma. She further stated that the boy gave up the ghost while she was taking 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 the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations 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.
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