Woman Stabs Son To Death On Children's Day In Ogun

A young woman, Funmilayo Adeyanju, in a
fit of anger hacked her three years old son
to death on Children Day, throwing
neighbours at the Ogunso area of Otta,
Ado-Odo/Otta local government area of
Ogun State into shock and mourning.
Adeyanju was said to have returned from
somewhere and had barely rested for about
30minutes when she picked up a kitchen
knife and attacked the boy.
She allegedly pinned her son called
Emmanuel to ground and savagely stabbed
him in the chest, abdomen, head and other
parts of the body, leaving him to die in a
pool of his blood around 4pm on
Wednesday.
It is not yet clear what provoked the killing,
but many people that are familiar with the
circumstance of the mother and child,
claimed it may not be unconnected with the
trauma of the relationship between the
woman and her biological father.
The Nation gathered that the boy is the
product of the incestuous between
Funmilayo and her father about four years
ago.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer,
Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the
incident, said policemen from Ota Division
have arrested the woman while the remains
of her slain child have been evacuated to the
mortuary.
Adejobi said: “Policemen have been to the
scene to recover the body of the child. The
woman has been acting strangely like a
person who is of unsound mind. The police
would carry out proper investigation.
“The police will work on the state of mind of
the woman and we’ll have to seek the help
of an expert to know her mental state.”