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Police in
Ogun State have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Monsurat, for allegedly using hot
knife to burn her four-year-old niece, Fathia Ogundimu and also biting her.
Olusanya, a
mother of three, was accused of using a knife heated in fire to inflict injuries
all over the body of the victim.
The Ogun
State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed
the incident on Sunday, disclosed that the woman also severely bit the little
girl on her stomach and lips.
According to
Oyeyemi, the suspect subjected the girl to torture after accusing her of
pouring a pot of soup away.
He explained
that the arrest followed a complaint at the Sango Division by a community
development association member in Toluwalase community in Owode Ijako on October
18, 2019.
The police
spokesman said the complainant claimed that the girl was on the verge of being
sent to early grave if appropriate steps were not taken to save her from the
wicked aunt.
The image
maker added: "On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) in charge of Sango Police Station, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP)
Godwin Idehai, detailed his detectives to the scene where the aunt was promptly
arrested. On interrogation, she admitted being responsible for the
injuries on the body of the victim but pleaded with the police to be lenient
with her, claiming that devil pushed her to do it."
Oyeyemi
stated that the victim was subsequently taken to hospital for medical treatment
while her biological parents have also been contacted to take custody of their
daughter.
He added
that the suspect was currently being detained at the Sango Division and would
be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
Oyeyemi,
however, said the state Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, has appealed to
parents to be wary of people to put in charge of the custody of their children.
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