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Police arrest woman for ‘breaking’ five-yr-old stepson’s legs, arms’
Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a housewife, Fatimoh Olanrewaju, for allegedly breaking the arms and legs of her five -year -old stepson.
The woman, who lives at Onihale village, along old Abeokuta-Lagos expressway, was said to be fond of maltreating the boy.
Sunday Vanguard gathered that the boy, Iyanu Olanrewaju, has been taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta for treatment.
The suspect, it was learnt, is in custody of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department of the state Police Command.
Further findings revealed that the mother of the victim had divorced the father , Idowu Olanrewaju, about two years ago,but, the child was living with his father and stepmother.
Vanguard, August 14
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