MOTHER: Why I threw my 2-yr-old son into a well

Folashade Odubayo, 30, an indigene of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has revealed the real reason she threw her two-year-old son into a well.

In her confessional statement, the suspect who makes a living as a hairdresser said she threw the body of her son, Rilwan Asore, into a well out of confusion.

Reports say the suspect was arrested after the corpse of her son was found floating in the well prompting residents to report the matter to the police at the Owode Onirin Division.

The suspect (who has three kids by three men) however claims that her son died at her boyfriend’s residence in Ajegunle during a visit, while the father of the deceased child, Olalekan Asore, claimed his son was killed.

The suspect said her son had a hole in the heart which made him to gasp for breath occasionally and the complication recurred while she was at her boyfriend’s residence.

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Folashade said, “I gave birth to him on the road on my way to a hospital. He started gasping while he was six months old and I took him to Ikorodu General Hospital. I was told that he had a hole in the heart and that I would need about N1.5m to carry out a surgery on him in India.

“I was calling his father and telling him about our child’s case for one year, but he did not show up. I even told his sister about it.

“On July 30, I went to visit my boyfriend, Ola, and took Rilwan along with me. While I was waiting for Ola to come back from work, he started gasping again. I held him to my chest, but he did not survive it. I didn’t know what to do. I was confused. I threw his corpse inside the well because I didn’t know what to tell his father.

“I have two other children – a boy and a girl. I cannot kill my own child. Why should I kill him?”

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According to CSP Chike Oti, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, the suspect has been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for further investigation.

Oti said, “Around 8am on Monday, a resident of Omowale Street, Ajegunle, reported that he saw the corpse of a two-year-old child later identified as Rilwan Asore inside a well in the above address.

“The scene was promptly visited by detectives. The corpse was removed and taken to the Ikorodu General Hospital mortuary for autopsy. The mother of the deceased has been arrested. On interrogation, she confessed that she threw the baby into the well.”

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