Aftermath Of Death Of 3-Day Old Baby, Run-Away Father Arrested

The police at Olosan Division, Mushin, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have apprehended the run-away father of the three-day old baby that was found dead in a polythene bag. The suspect Sodiq Olaomo was arrested yesterday.

According to Mr. Tajudeen Adedapo Salami, the landlord of the couple “Sodiq came home drunk at night on Wednesday, the day his wife was arrested.

“I quickly ran to lock the door so that he cannot escape, because I knew he intended to pick his property and leave the house.

“I made a call to the policemen at Olosan Police Station who responded promptly and arrested him.”

P.M.NEWS gathered at the police station Sodiq said he was not aware that his wife killed her baby adding, “I did not even know she was pregnant. She always told me that her big tommy was because she had fibroid.”

The police at Olosan Division, Mushin had earlier picked up his wife Mrs. Toyin Sodiq Olaomo whose three-day old baby was found dead inside a polythene bag in the ceiling of their residence, 353, Agege Motor Road, Challenge, Mushin, Lagos.

The baby was said to have been covered with blood.

P.M.NEWS learnt that the couple might be arraigned in court very soon.