Lagos police arrest lady for poisoning one-year-old daughter

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Lagos police arrest woman for poisoning one-year-old daughter

A woman simply identified as Rukayat is now in police custody for allegedly poisoning her one-year-old daughter with an insecticide in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State.

According Online gathered that the incident occurred around 11am. on Friday.

A police source told our correspondent 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.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.

He noted that the mother has been arrested and an investigation is ongoing.

He said, “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.”

Last year, According 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.

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