The Ogun state police command has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly poisoning and killing her two-day-old granddaughter with a deadly insecticide, Sniper.
The suspect, a resident of Isote area of Sagamu town, Sagamu Local Government area of the state, was arrested by the command’s operatives.
The state’s Police Spokesperson Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement said the grandmother was arrested, following the information received that the baby left in her care had been found dead. He added that the mother of the baby was reported to have gone to the bathroom only to return and discover the lifeless body of her baby.
The Spokesperson explained that upon interrogation, the suspect admitted poisoning and killing the baby because she did not like her daughter getting married to the father of the baby.
Oyeyemi added that the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
