Wednesday, December 11, 2024 -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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