The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a trainee herbalist, Ifagbenga Taiwo, after his wife accused him of slaughtering their 41-day-old son for ritual purposes in the Keesi area of Adatan, Abeokuta.
It was gathered that the
incident occurred on Monday, December 9, 2024, after the baby’s mother, Raimat
Wasilat, laid him on a bed while washing clothes outside their home.
According to reports, the
mother returned inside after washing only to find her son’s lifeless body with
a slit throat.
In two videos sighted online,
residents of the area narrated how the gruesome incident happened.
The mother’s cry for help
alerted neighbours, prompting them to gather at her home.
It was discovered that the
suspected assailant had entered through the wooden window, slit the infant’s
throat, and left him in a pool of blood.
“I was hearing some noise and we came to this
house to check what was happening. It was when we entered the room that we
realised someone had entered through the window and slit the throat of the baby,”
a neighbour narrated.
“The mother was washing clothes outside at
this spot (pointing to the spot) before she went inside and discovered the
lifeless body of her son who was just 41 days old."
Another resident, Mukaila
Olaide, identified as the father of the infant’s mother, explained that they
were drawn by the noise which prompted them to visit the house and find the
slaughtered infant.
“We were sitting some distance away from the
house when we heard a noise. It was the noise that led us to rush down to the
house only to discover that the boy had been slaughtered,” he said.
“That was all we saw. The police had come to
pick up the mother and the husband to the station.”
The spokesperson of the
command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in an interview with Punch
on Tuesday, said the infant’s mother accused her husband of the gruesome
murder, prompting the police to arrest him.
“At about 1400hrs, the police received a
report from the Iteesi Itoko area in Abeokuta regarding the slaughter of a
two-month-old infant, Ifakorede Ajani, inside the room where his mother had
placed him on a bed,” the PPRO said.
“The mother, Raimat Wasilat, from Keesi,
strongly suspected her husband, Ifagbenga Taiwo, who is training to be a
herbalist. She alleges that he intended to use the child’s blood for rituals
“The suspect has been detained, the crime
scene was investigated, and the body was transported to the hospital for
autopsy
“Investigation is underway to
discover the details of this horrific act.”
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