A 17-year-old young mother, by name, Promise Okon has disclosed how her husband, Benedict Anieze crushed their four weeks old baby girl to death in their house at Idimu area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the couple had a heated argument earlier which made Benedict, out of anger, to fling their baby on the ground and crush her head.
Promise, while narrating the incident said, “The incident happened at our apartment at No 5 pipeline Road, Idimu when we were having a misunderstanding, my husband threw our one-month-old baby girl on the floor.
She died instantly and he immediately set our apartment on fire. It took the intervention of neighbours to put out the fire”.
It was also gathered that after Benedict had crushed their four-weeks old baby girl to death, he set their apartment on fire with his wife and the dead baby still inside the house.
If not that neighbors promptly responded, Promise too would have been burnt to death, as she’s even yet to recover fully from the caesarean section she had during delivery.
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The case was immediately reported to Idimu Police Division and they quickly arrested the culprit, Benedict.
While he was been interrogated, Benedict said that it was the devil that possessed and pushed him to the act.
The Lagos State Police Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has said that investigation is still ongoing as the matter is a case of murder and arson.
He said, “The suspect has been arrested and would be transferred to the State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, on Tuesday”.
