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Ogun Police Arrest Mother For Setting Her Daughter Ablaze

A Housewife and mother of five has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly pouring petrol on her 10-year old daughter and subsequently set her ablaze.
In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect, Aisha Tijani was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Moroof Ayinde, who reported that the suspect who lives in the same house with him poured petrol on her little daughter and set her ablaze. He stated further that, the woman got annoyed because the little girl took a phone she seized from one of her children from where she kept it and handed it over to the child.
Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, CSP Folashade Tanaruno quickly moved to the scene with the detectives and got the suspect arrested. The victim, who had been badly burnt was rushed to the nearest hospital from where she was referred to Olabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital for proper medical attention.
On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have been separated from the father of the children, explained to the police that she didn’t know what came over her when she was carrying out the wicked act.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation.
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