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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Ifagbenga Taiwo, a trainee herbalist, for reportedly killing his 41-day-old baby for ceremonial purposes in the Keesi neighborhood of Adatan, the state capital of Abeokuta. A PUNCH According to information obtained by Metro, the event happened on Monday after Raimat Wasilat, the baby’s mother, placed him on a bed while doing laundry outside their house. After showering, the mother went back inside to discover her son’s lifeless body with a slit neck, according to local sources in a video footage that our correspondent was able to collect on Tuesday. In the video, a local resident named Mrs. Adewumi described how the mother’s cries for assistance alerted neighbors, who then gathered at her house.
She clarified that when the suspect entered the room, it was found that he had sliced the baby’s throat through the wooden window and left him in a pool of blood. “We came to this house to see what was going on because I was hearing some noise,” Adewumi stated. We discovered that someone had sliced the baby’s throat after entering the room through the window. “The mother went inside and found her 41-day-old son’s lifeless body while she was washing clothes outside at this location” (pointing to the location).
Another resident, Mukaila Olaide, who was described as the infant’s mother’s father, clarified that they were lured to the house by the noise and discovered the baby dead.
Olaide recounted, “We heard a commotion while we were seated a while distant from the house. When we hurried down to the house because of the disturbance, we found that the youngster had been killed. We only saw that. The mother and husband were to be taken to the station by the police.
In a phone call with our correspondent on Tuesday, Omolola Odutola, the state police public relations officer, verified the occurrence. According to her, the authorities arrested her husband when the baby’s mother accused him of the horrific murder. She explained, “At around 1400 hours, the police were notified from the Iteesi Itoko neighborhood in Abeokuta that a two-month-old baby named Ifakorede Ajani had been killed inside the room where his mother had laid him on a bed.
Raimat Wasilat, a Keesi mother, had serious suspicions about her husband, Ifagbenga Taiwo, who is pursuing herbalist training. According to her, he planned to perform rituals using the child’s blood.
The deceased was taken to the hospital for an examination, the suspect was taken into custody, and the crime scene was examined. “An investigation is underway to discover the details of this horrific act,” according to Odutola.
