A 65-year-old grandmum and her son, Sunday Ajakaye, have been arrested by the Oke Ado Police Division for the alleged murder of a 2-year-old boy, Eniola.
Punch reports that Eniola’s mother, Mary, had accused the duo of complicity in her son’s death. The sad event occurred while he was holidaying with his grandmum.
According to a resident of Foursquare Street, Ago 40 Estate where the grandmum lives:
“The woman had gone out for a church programme, leaving him with some other children who had come to holiday with her.
“She was called on the telephone that the boy was missing. People searched for him for hours without any success. When it was evening, a woman said she saw something inside a water drum in the house. When they checked the drum, they found Eniola there.”
Eniola was rushed to a private clinic where he was confirmed dead, and another resident, Jide Thompson, added that the family took the child back home and invited a pastor to resurrect him.
However, Mary, the boy’s mother did not believe the family’s explanation of what happened to her son, as she insisted that there was more to the story than met the eye. She alerted the police who arrested the grandma, the father of her child and another relative.
Investigations by newsmen confirmed that there was bad blood between Mary and Sunday’s family. Reportedly, they had rejected her pregnancy.
Here’s what a resident told the press:
“The man is a mechanic and can barely fend for himself. When Mary, his lover, became pregnant, he rejected the pregnancy. When Eniola was born, Sunday’s mother took the responsibility for his upkeep and was always sending money to Mary’s family.”
“However, Mary called the woman one day, saying she was returning Eniola to the grandma. The girl took the child to the woman’s church and dropped him there. The grandma picked the child from the church and handed over to the police station.”
Punch adds that “the police allegedly called the two families and gave custody of the child to the father. It was learnt that the grandma handed over the child to her first child, who became his guardian.”
The guardian had brought Eniola, as well as some of his other children, to the grandma for the holiday, when the boy drowned.
Eyewitnesses said the aged grandmum was devastated when Eniola was found unresponsive.
“She invited pastors to pray for the child, but nothing happened. When it was getting late, around 10pm, we reported the matter to the police and after making statements, the corpse was deposited in a morgue,” the source said.
The source continued that Mary later dropped the case against the family, but it was revived after her mother insisted on it.
“The primary issue is that the two families are at loggerheads. After asking that the case be withdrawn, Mary’s mother said her family went to take the boy’s clothes and was told that they had been burnt and there was nothing left of the boy’s property. She said the man’s family knew about the death for being in haste to forget the victim,” the source said.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said, “It is a case of sudden and unnatural death. The two-year-old allegedly drowned inside a drum of water.
“Our operatives visited and photographed the scene. The corpse has been deposited at the Mainland Hospital’s morgue in Yaba for autopsy. The case is under investigation.”
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