Father of 9 docked for allegedly dumping daughter’s corpse in canal

A 49-year-old father of nine children identified as Adekunle Adewusi, was paraded before an Ebute Meta chief magistrate’s court on Tuesday for allegedly dumping the lifeless body of his 4-year-old daughter in a canal.

According to the prosecutor, Sergeant Kehinde Omisakin, the suspect who resides at Folorunaho Kuku Street, Opebi, Ikeja, committed the crime on February 7, at about 10 p.m.

The corpse of his late daughter was found inside the canal close to his residence.

“The accused, in his statement, claimed that the deceased was pushed onto a sharp object by her playmates and because the wound was not properly treated, it developed into a big issue”, the prosecutor said.

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Continuing, he added that; “Instead of taking the child to the hospital, he decided to treat her at home, which eventually led to her death and instead of depositing the remains at the mortuary, the accused dumped her body inside a canal close to his residence.

The deceased is the sixth child of the accused and he has eight other children”.

The suspect who is standing trial on a two-count charge for misconduct with regards to a corpse and without lawful justification in disposing a corpse, pleaded not guilty to an offence which the prosecutor said contravened Sections 165(a) (b) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

In his judgement, the magistrate, Mr. A. T. Elias ordered that Adewusi be remanded in police custody, and adjourned the case till February 27.

He also instructed the prosecutor to bring the other eight children of the accused and his wife to enable him give his ruling on the adjourned date.

 

 

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