The woman made the confession when she was apprehended by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command, when she was caught in action.

According to the spokesman of the police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested when policemen attached to Enugada divisional headquarters, Abeokuta, who are on routine patrol with the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, SP, Baba Hamzat, saw the woman throwing something suspicious into the river.

The suspicious behaviour of the woman, after throwing the object into the river attracted the policemen who quickly apprehended her for questioning.

It was on interrogation that the suspect, who lives at Agbole Alakoye area of Igbo Ora in Oyo State, confessed that what she threw into the river was the corpse of her one month old baby, who she killed out of frustration.

She confessed further that the person who is responsible for the pregnancy of the baby, rejected her and the baby, and since she had no means of taking care of the child, she decided to kill and throw her into the river.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had given birth to six other children for three different men, before she got pregnant for one man simply identified as Hakeem who refused to accept the paternity of the child.

The DPO later engaged the service of local divers, who helped in recovering the corpse of the child, and it has been deposited at the General Hospital mortuary.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.

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Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Corps, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta.

According to Akinbiyi, Oyedele, a father of five, is a resident of Tourist Estate,  Obere, Atan, in Ado-Odo Ota local government area of the state.

“Oyedele, a 36-year-old cloth seller, with five children, attempted to commit suicide by jumping into the Ogun river around 1:15am at Akin Olugbade area of Abeokuta in Abeokuta North local government area of the state.

“It was discovered that the victim was also holding a sniper in his hand.

“Our prompt intervention at the scene with the help of some civilians prevented what would have been an eventual suicide,” he said.

Akinbiyi said that after he was rescued, Oyedele was taken to Adigbe Police Station in Abeokuta for further investigation.

Source: NAN

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