Woman In Police Net For Allegedly Poisoning Her One-Year-Old Daughter With Insecticide

By Akeem Oduyoye

A woman simply identified as Rukayat, who is now currently cooling-off in Lagos State Police custody, has confessed to police operatives why she poisoned her one- year -old daughter with insecticide.

Rukayat was said to have commited the heinous crime on Friday, 8 March, 2024 in Oworonshoki area of the state.

A police source disclosed that the infant had epilepsy and that the mother poisoned her because she was fed up with the circumstances.

“One Rukayat brought her one-year-old, seven-month-old daughter to LUTH for treatment. Later that same day, she confessed to having poisoned her child with an insecticide because she could not continue with her daughter having epilepsy. She said she wanted to rest from the stress”, the source said.

Meanwhile,  the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed the incident, disclosing that the mother has been arrested and an investigation is ongoing.

 “Detectives of the division were immediately dispatched to the hospital, and they met the baby receiving treatment, and the mother has been taken into custody after treatment, and the investigation is ongoing,” Hundeyin said.