One
Madam Bosede Adebayo, on Tuesday, allegedly inflicted injuries on her
eight-year-old grandchild for eating her rice without being ordered to
do so.
Madam Adebayo had returned from a party with cooked rice
served at the ceremony and kept it in the kitchen, but her grandchild,
Tope Oke, ate part of the food without her consent.
According to
reports, the grandmother first beat the victim mercilessly before using a
heated pot to inflict injuries on her body at her residence in Baba
Olodo House, Ijeun-Tuntun/ Olorombo community in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
Her
shout for help reportedly attracted neighbours who alerted the police
and officials of the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development.
The victim, a primary two pupil of St. James Primary
School, Ijeun-Tuntun, Abeokuta, has since been admitted at the State
Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta, while her grandmother is in police custody
at the Ibara Police Station, Abeokuta and arrangements are being made to
transfer the case to the Anti- Human Trafficking Department.
The
state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, when
contacted, confirmed the incident to newsmen, stating that the suspect
would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation.
Meanwhile,
the Special Adviser, SA, to the governor on Women Affairs and Social
Development, Adenike Osoba, and a Senior Social Welfare Officer, Mrs.
Wonuola Kassim, were said to have stormed the police station to monitor
the case with a view to pursuing it to a logical conclusion.
The
SA told journalists that the authority will not fold its arms and
condone such illegality or allow anybody to maltreat children or any
other person.
She said the victim will also be taken to the
ministry’s custody after proper medication, noting that the action of
the suspect was crude and dehumanizing.
According to her, the law will take its course on the matter.
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