Men of the Ogun state
police command have arrested 30-year-old, Risikat Olabintan, for throwing her
one-day-old baby into a soak-away pit.
Confirming the
incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, Abimbola
Oyeyemi, said her arrest followed a distress call received by members of Ibukun
Oluwapo Community, Ishaga, Surulere area in Owode-Yewa Local Government Area
that some children, while playing at the backyard of their compound heard the
cry of a baby in the soak-away and raised the alarm.
”On receiving the
information, the DPO Owode-Yewa, quickly led team of policemen to the scene
where the baby was rescued with the assistance of members of the public.
Investigation later revealed that it was the said Risikat Olabintan who gave
birth secretly to the baby and threw him inside the soak-away as early as 5.am
of that day.
“On interrogation, she
confessed that she actually gave birth to the baby, which is the sixth of her
children and that she has no means of feeding them all since her husband has
absconded to an unknown destination for some time now. Both the baby and the mother are presently in
the hospital for medical attention and the baby is responding positively to
treatment.
“Meanwhile, the
Commissioner of Police, CP Imohimi Edgal has directed that the case be
transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State
Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation.
The accused said she
dumped her child in the soak away because she did not need him.
”I already have five
children that I am struggling to cater for. My husband abandoned me with them.
So, I did not need the sixth child and that was why I dumped him inside the
soak-away as soon as I had him” she said