A woman, Ayomide Kafayat Lawal,45, has told the Police why she stabbed her daughter, Ayomide Adekoya,17, to death at the Ogijo area of Ogun State. She also stabbed the elder sister to the deceased who is receiving treatment in the hospital.
The suspect who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command told investigators that Men of Ogun State police command, that on the last Sallah celebration, her two female children left home and did not return till the following. According to the single mother, she wanted to beat the children, but neighbours intervened and pleaded with her to forgive the kids, but the following day, they slept outside again.
She said that when they returned home, she locked them inside the room and decided to teach them a lesson:
” I used a broken bottle to stab them. I stabbed the deceased in the chest while her elder sister was stabbed in the arm:
Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said:” The suspect was arrested following information received by DPO Ogijo Divisional Headquarters, CSP Mohammed Suleman Baba, at about 2;30 pm, that the suspect locked her two daughters in a room where she beat and injured them with a broken bottle.
Upon the information, the DPO mobilized his men and moved to the scene where the two victims were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment before one of them gave up the ghost.
“The suspect was then arrested and taken to custody. On interrogation, she claimed to have separated from her husband nine years ago and informed the police that her two daughters left home during the Salah celebration and didn’t return till the following day. This infuriated her, and when she wanted to beat them, people around pleaded on their behalf and she left them, only for them to go out again the following day and passed the night outside. It was the annoyance that made her lock them inside and injured them both with a broken bottles. The older one Blessing Adekoya, 19, was injured in the hand, while her younger sister Ayomide was stabbed in the chest and unfortunately gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.
“Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation”.
