{"id":47,"date":"2013-12-25T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-25T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=47"},"modified":"2015-12-17T00:23:33","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T23:23:33","slug":"suspects-confess-i-squeezed-his-neck-till-he-died-woman-confesses-killing-her-2yr-old-child-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.faithirabor.com\/?p=47","title":{"rendered":"Suspects Confess \u201cI Squeezed His Neck Till He Died\u201d, Woman Confesses Killing Her 2yr-old Child In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 20-year-old woman, Titilayo Odedele, has told an Ebute Meta Magistrate\u2019s Court that she strangled her two year old child, Opeyemi, because she could not afford a babysitter for him.
\nThe incident was said to have happened at Ajagunro, Imota Ikorodu area of Lagos.
\nThe defendant, who was arraigned on one count of murder, said she had no one to help her take care of the child after she was impregnated and thrown out of her parent\u2019s home.
\nAddressing the court in tears, she said, \u201cI only finished Primary six, and I did not attend secondary school before I was impregnated.
\n\u201cOn that Friday night, I attended a vigil and wanted to drop the child there and run away, but didn\u2019t know what to do.
\n\u201cOn Saturday morning, I left the place and wrapped him up in a cloth. When I saw that nobody was with us, I put my hand on his neck and started to squeeze it till he died.\u201d
\nThe magistrate, O.O Olatunji, who was obviously shocked by the defendant\u2019s action, said she could have left the baby in the church for people to take, instead of killing him.
\nHe said, \u201cHow did you kill him? Was he not crying each time you pressed his neck?\u201d
\nShe replied, \u201cEach time I squeezed his neck, he cried, but I just kept pressing till he died. I don\u2019t know what entered into me.\u201d
\nIt was learnt that Oladele lost her mother at an early age, and her father got married to another woman. The accused was said to have been sent out of the house soon afterwards.
\nThe investigating police officer, Fatai Popoola, in a remand request, indicated that Odedele was arrested the day after the incident on the road.
\nHe said she had also made confessional statements to the police.
\nThe murder charge read, \u201cThat you, Titilayo Oladele, on November 16, 2013 at Ajagunro, Imota Ikorodu, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully kill one Opeyemi Ibrahim, aged two years, by strangulating him to death with your hands and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria 2011.\u201d
\nThe defendant\u2019s plea was not taken, as she also did not have any legal representation or family member in court.
\nThe police prosecutor, Cyriacus Osuji, applied for her remand pursuant to Section 264 of the Administration of Criminal Justice, Lagos State 2011.
\nThe magistrate granted the remand request and ordered her to be put in prison pending the Directorate of Public Prosecution advice. The case was adjourned till February 3, 2014 for mention.<\/p>\n

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