A woman named Rukayat has been arrested by the Lagos police for supposedly using an insecticide to poison her one-year-old daughter in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Online learned that the incident took place around 11am on Friday.
A police source informed our reporter that the child suffered from epilepsy and the mother poisoned her because she was tired of the situation.
“A woman named Rukayat brought her one-year, seven-month-old daughter to LUTH for treatment. Later that same day, she admitted to poisoning her child with an insecticide because she couldn't handle her daughter having epilepsy anymore. She said she wanted a break from the stress,” the source stated.
When approached, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, verified the incident to our correspondent.
He stated that the mother has been detained and an investigation is underway.
He mentioned, “Detectives of the division were immediately sent to the hospital, and they found the baby undergoing treatment, and the mother has been taken into custody after treatment, and the investigation is ongoing.”
Last year, PUNCH reported that the Lagos State Police Command had confirmed the death of a 39-year-old woman, Lilian Nwarache, who drank an insecticide in the Iwaya area of Lagos State. She was said to have been frustrated with having an illness.
