A 20-year-old woman, Rafiat Oseni, has been brought before an
Ebute-Meta Magistrate's court for allegedly killing her day-old baby
by flushing him down a public toilet.
The incident happened at Alaba Rago Market in Ojo area of Lagos
State.
It was learnt that Oseni, who hails from one of the Northern states in
the country, worked as a sales girl in the market and had entered the
toilet pretending to ease herself.
She was said to have forced the baby into the toilet, but the baby got
stuck in it.
He died as people were attempting to rescue him.
The magistrate, Mr Olanrewaju Olatunji, in obvious shock, asked the
suspect why she decided to kill her own child.
Instead of responding, Oseni burst into tears and pleaded for
forgiveness.
Olatunji then called the Investigating Police Officer, Woman Corporal
Veronica Uket, who narrated the incident.
She said, Oseni went to the public toilet on January 3, 2014 around
2.30pm. She was said to have pretended that she wanted to ease
herself.
She came out and nobody suspected anything. When she left, the
baby started crying. It was another woman who wanted to use the
toilet that first saw the child and called the attention of the woman in
charge of the public toilet.
People went there and saw that the baby was stuck inside the toilet.
By the time they removed him, they saw that he was already dead.&
Uket said the suspect could not be found on the day of the incident, but she was caught the following day when she showed up again in
the market for work.
She was subsequently handed over to the police who arraigned her on
Wednesday on one count of murder.
The charge reads, “That you, Rafiat Oseni, on January 3, 2014, at
about 2.30pm at Alaba Rago Market Ojo, Lagos, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill a day-old baby and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The defendant's plea was not taken.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Richard Odigwe asked for the remand
of the defendant in line with Section 264 of the Administration of
Criminal Justice, Lagos State Nigeria, 2011.
Odige added that the remand would help the police obtain legal
advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The magistrate agreed to remand the defendant in the Ikoyi Prison
pending legal advice.
The matter was adjourned till March 10, 2014.
Ebute-Meta Magistrate's court for allegedly killing her day-old baby
by flushing him down a public toilet.
The incident happened at Alaba Rago Market in Ojo area of Lagos
State.
It was learnt that Oseni, who hails from one of the Northern states in
the country, worked as a sales girl in the market and had entered the
toilet pretending to ease herself.
She was said to have forced the baby into the toilet, but the baby got
stuck in it.
He died as people were attempting to rescue him.
The magistrate, Mr Olanrewaju Olatunji, in obvious shock, asked the
suspect why she decided to kill her own child.
Instead of responding, Oseni burst into tears and pleaded for
forgiveness.
Olatunji then called the Investigating Police Officer, Woman Corporal
Veronica Uket, who narrated the incident.
She said, Oseni went to the public toilet on January 3, 2014 around
2.30pm. She was said to have pretended that she wanted to ease
herself.
She came out and nobody suspected anything. When she left, the
baby started crying. It was another woman who wanted to use the
toilet that first saw the child and called the attention of the woman in
charge of the public toilet.
People went there and saw that the baby was stuck inside the toilet.
By the time they removed him, they saw that he was already dead.&
Uket said the suspect could not be found on the day of the incident, but she was caught the following day when she showed up again in
the market for work.
She was subsequently handed over to the police who arraigned her on
Wednesday on one count of murder.
The charge reads, “That you, Rafiat Oseni, on January 3, 2014, at
about 2.30pm at Alaba Rago Market Ojo, Lagos, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill a day-old baby and thereby
committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2011.
The defendant's plea was not taken.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Richard Odigwe asked for the remand
of the defendant in line with Section 264 of the Administration of
Criminal Justice, Lagos State Nigeria, 2011.
Odige added that the remand would help the police obtain legal
advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The magistrate agreed to remand the defendant in the Ikoyi Prison
pending legal advice.
The matter was adjourned till March 10, 2014.
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