Operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have arrested a 40-year old housewife, Iswat Taofeek for allegedly dehumanizing a 12 years old boy (name withheld) living with her.
Iswat Taofeek, a resident of No 36 Isoka Kugba Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital The Ogun State Police command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this to newsmen in a statement issued in Abeokuta.
Oyeyemi said, “the suspect was today arrested at about 8:30am, following a complaint by one of her neighbors who came to Adatan police station with the little boy whose body was full of injuries inflicted on him with a hot knife and cutlass”. “While the report was being lodged, the little boy fainted at the station and was quickly rushed to a hospital for medical attention”.
“On the strength of the report, the DPO Adatan division, CSP Samuel Aladegoroye detailed his detectives to the woman’s house where she was promptly arrested”. “On interrogation, the suspect explained that the little boy is a son to her brother-in-law and he has been living with her for some time”
