The Ogun state police command reports that it has arrested a 30yr old housewife, Shukurat Olufowobi for allegedly beating stepson Azeem Olufowobi to death.

A 30-year-old woman, Shukarat Olufowobi has been arrested for allegedly beating up her 5-year old son to death.

According to the story, the biological mother of the deceased has left her husband because of irreconcilable differences

As a result of the breakup, the little boy was left under the care of his stepmother who according to people living around, tortures the boy regularly.

According to a press statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun state police public relations officer, they got the information from members of the public.

The information received has it that the boy was beaten with an object on his head which resulted in an injury to his skull, and consequently led to his death.

According to the DSP, “Information further revealed that the woman and her husband hurriedly took the corpse of the victim to Ajah in Lagos state where he was secretly buried,” the police spokesman said.

He further went on to say, “upon getting the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo division chief superintendent of police, Suleman Baba Muhammed quickly mobilized his detectives to the scene where the couple who had started packing their belongings in a bid to run away from the area were promptly arrested“.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman has been maltreating the victim whose mother has been separated from the father due to unreconcilable differences.”

In addition to that, he reported that “The nurse who gave the victim first aid treatment had informed the couple of her observation and was pleaded with by the woman and her friend to lie about the cause of the death of the victim but she refused because it is against the ethics of her profession.“

He added that “The couple Ayuba Olufowobi and Shukurat Olufowobi are currently undergoing interrogation at the Ogijo divisional headquarters where they are helping the police in their investigation.”

In the meantime, the commissioner of police CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.