The suspect with a dead infant.
Residents of the Oyede Avenue Plaza in Ogun State’s Sango-Ota area discovered the decomposing body of a newborn baby on Sunday.
According to a police source, the mother of the baby girl, Esther Ojuko, 21, who was believed to have delivered the baby alive, allegedly killed her by wrapping the baby in a sack and throwing her into a nearby compound.
The report did not specify how old the deceased baby was at the time of the incident.
According to the state police command, Ojuko may have been mentally ill at the time of the crime.
information obtained from the command that some residents started searching the area for the source of the offensive stench when it started to take over. It was learned that the foul smell originated from a bag behind a nearby compound, as a local later found out.
The residents were shocked to discover the newborn’s tightly wrapped, decaying body when they opened the sack.
One of the residents, only known as Ogunmuyiwa, reportedly went to the Sango-Ota Police Division to report the incident after it was discovered.
When contacted, Omolola Odutola, the public relations officer for the state police, confirmed the incident on Monday and stated the mother had been taken into custody.
We have initiated a comprehensive inquiry to ascertain the reasons behind her behaviour.“The mother is in our custody for suspected murder.
“In the meantime, the deceased baby has been deposited at the Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy,”