Ogun State Police have arrested a 26-year-old woman Funmilayo Tijani, for allegedly stabbing her
two-year-old son, Emmanuel,
to death.
It is unclear why she killed her son, but witnesses’ accounts
indicate that she may have had a mental breakdown.
According to Punch, Tijani and her husband, John, separated two
years ago after a quarrel. She then moved to her father’s apartment with
Emmanuel.
Speaking on the incident, one of her neighbours, Akeem Ijaola, said:
“Funmilayo and her son stayed
with her father in a one-room apartment. The boy attended a private school in
this area. About 4pm on the fateful day, we noticed that something was going
wrong in the apartment.
When people went near, they saw
the boy in a pool of blood. He had been stabbed many times. Funmilayo at that
time looked like a mentally-derailed woman. The boy died before anyone could
take him to a hospital.
Although no one could ascertain
the cause of her action, Funmilayo is divorced, and the child was born out of
wedlock about three years ago.”
Another neighbour, Funmilayo, said:
“She tried to borrow money during
that week from her boss, but she failed. There are also arguments whether her
husband was the father of the boy or her father, who she stayed with.
Also, her former husband, John,
has married another wife who gave birth a few weeks to the incident. I think
all these contributed to Funmilayo’s emotional breakdown.”
Tijani’s father, Adebayo,
expressed shock over the incident.
“Funmilayo’s mother died about 20
years ago. She grew up staying with me. I married a second wife later, but
separated from her years ago. Funmilayo had been staying with me since she
separated from her husband.
“John initially refused to accept
her pregnancy. But they went for a DNA test, which confirmed him as being
responsible for the pregnancy. Thereafter, he took her to a place in Apapa, and
they were planning to travel to his hometown in Delta State,. but I refused and
asked her to come back home,” Adebayo said.
Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa
Adejobi, confirmed
the incident, stating that police had deposited the corpse at a morgue.
“The police were at the scene to
recover the body of the child. The woman has been acting strangely like someone
with an unsound mind. She has been arrested and investigation is ongoing.”
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