Police Arrest Mother For Poisoning One-Year-Old Daughter

Lagos State Police has arrested a mother simply identified as Rukayat for allegedly poisoning her one-year-old daughter.

Gatekeepers News reports that Rukayat allegedly gave the daughter an insecticide in the Oworonshoki area of the State.

According to a source, the woman poisoned the infant because she was fed up with the child’s epilepsy.

The source said, “One Rukayat brought her one-year-old, seven-month-old daughter to LUTH for treatment. Later that same day, she confessed to having poisoned her child with an insecticide because she could not continue with her daughter having epilepsy. She said she wanted to rest from the stress.”

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident said the mother has been arrested and an investigation is ongoing.

Hundeyin said, “Detectives of the division were immediately dispatched to the hospital, and they met the baby receiving treatment, and the mother has been taken into custody after treatment, and the investigation is ongoing.”