OGUN: Man in police net for murdering his 6-month-old child

A middle-aged man identified as Andrew Koku, who happens to be a resident of Ayedere in the Obada area of Abeokuta is now cooling his heels in police net in Ogun State for allegedly murdering his six-month-old baby.

The suspect who is now being interrogated by men of the Ogun State Police Command was arrested after a report was lodged at Adigbe Police Division by his wife Omowumi Teleda who suspected that her husband murdered their baby Precious Koku.

Omowumi revealed that she left their six-month-old baby in the care of her father and went out briefly to see the first child she had with her ex-husband, but on her return, she met the lifeless body of her baby.

According to Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, the mother of the baby suspected that her husband murdered their baby prompting her to report the case.

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Oyeyemi said, “The development made her to suspect her husband, who happened to be the only person with the baby.

“Consequent upon her complaint, the Divisional Police Officer, Adigbe division, Sunday Oladipo, detailed detectives to the scene and the suspect was arrested on December 24.”

The PPRO also revealed that the suspect in his statement confessed to the crime saying he killed the baby because he suspected his wife would leave him for her ex-husband and he would not be able to take care of the child.

Oyeyemi also added that the case had been transferred to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

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