Ogun State Police Arrests Mother Of Five For Setting 10-Year-Old Daughter Ablaze

Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole

The Police in Ogun State has arrested a mother of five, Aisha Tijani, for setting her 10-year-old daughter ablaze wth petrol.

The incident which occurred in the Mowe area of the state was confirmed in a statement on Tuesday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi.

Unpon interrogation, the statement added that the suspect said she did not know what came upon her when she committed the heinous act.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has, according to the statement ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to State Criminal Investigation And Intelligence Department for further investigation.

The statement reads, "Men of the Ogun State Police Command on the 20th of March 2022 arrested a housewife and mother of five for pouring petrol on her 10 years old daughter and set her ablaze.

“The suspect, Aisha Tijani, was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Moroof Ayinde, who reported that the suspect who lives in the same house with him poured petrol on her little daughter and set her ablaze.

“He (Ayinde) stated further to that, the woman got annoyed because the little girl took a phone she seized from one of her children from where she kept it and gave it back to the child whose hand the phone was seized.

“Upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, CSP Folashade Tanaruno, quickly moved to the scene with the detectives and got the suspect arrested.

“The victim, who had been badly burnt was rushed to the nearest hospital from where she was referred to Olabisi Onabanjo teaching hospital for proper medical attention.

“On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have been separated from the father of the children, explained to the police that she didn’t know what came over her when she was carrying out the wicked act.”