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Police arrest woman for ‘breaking’ five-yr-old stepson’s legs, arms’

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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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