Ogun State Police command has arrested a 26-year old frustrated mother for reportedly stabbed her two-year-old son, Emmanuel, to death in the Egan, Sango Ota area of Ogun State state.
A 26-year-old mother, Funmilayo Tijani has been nabbed by the Ogun state police command for allegedly stabbing her two-year-old son, Emmanuel, to death at her residence on Ogunso Street, Orelope Estate, in the Egan, Sango Ota area of the state on May 27th.
Reports revealed that the young mother who is separated from her son's father and lives with her father, was arrested after neighbours raised an alarm when she was found with a blood stained knife.
Her child was later found dead with stab wounds.
A neighbour, Akeem Ijaola, who resides in the same area with Funmi when the incident happened said Funmi, a fashion designer, narrates what happened
"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, who craved anonymity, said Funmilayo might have committed the act out of frustration as she was financially and emotionally unstable.