A 20-year-old woman,
Ganiyat Salawudeen, is
currently in police custody
after she was arrested for
throwing her five-month-old
baby inside a well, where
she was residing in her
mother's family house at
Alagolo area, Oja Oba,
Ibadan
Nigerian tribune reports
that, Ganiyat threw the baby,
whose name was given as
Timothy Odugbemi, into the
well at about 8.30p.m on
Monday November 5, after
which she raised the alarm
that she could not find her
baby.
After a search by family
members and neighbours,
which extended till the
following morning, Ganiyat
was reported to have
confessed to throwing the
baby inside the well after
much prodding. People were
said to have rushed towards
the well to see if it was true
and it was a shocked crowd
which beheld the still body
of the tot when he was
brought out of the well.
On hearing about the
incident, the Divisional Crime
Officer in charge of Mapo
Division, Mr Bayo Ogundiran,
reportedly led a team of
detectives to the scene and
arrested the mother, while
the baby was taken to
Adeoyo Hospital, Yemetu,
where he was confirmed
dead. He was thereafter
deposited in the mortuary
for autopsy.
Ganiyat said she could not
also explain what made her
throw her baby in the well,
expressing the belief that
forces greater than her must
have overwhelmed her at
that moment.
Narrating how the incident
occurred, Ganiyat said:
"On that day, I bathed the
baby in the evening,
changed his clothes and we
both went to bed. About
8.30p.m, I rose from the bed,
carried the baby and took
him to the back of my room
window where the well is
situated".
"A spirit just came over me
and asked me to throw the
baby inside the well. I
pushed the planks on the
well aside, threw the baby
inside and covered it again".
After some time, I told the
tenant living in the house
that I could not see my baby.
He said he saw me moments
before with the baby. I left
my residence for my parents'
place at Oniyanrin area and
told my mother that I could
not find my baby but she
kept asking me where I kept
the child.
"The following morning,
many people came and were
shouting at me, asking me
where I threw the baby. An
elderly man in our family
then came to me, cajoling
me to tell him where the
baby was. Then I told him
that the baby was in the
well. While some people
rushed towards the well,
others started beating me
with horsewhip, cane and
different objects. When the
baby was brought out, he
was already dead. A police
patrol van came and I was
taken to the police station."
Ganiyat, who said she was
an apprentice learning
fashion designing, disclosed
that she was impregnated
by one Kehinde Odugbemi,
who was already married,
and that she delivered the
baby on June 4. She added
that the man could not be
traced until the day of the
naming ceremony when he
came in the evening to
christen the child. She said
Odugbemi also came on
June 12 to give her N1,000,
adding that that was the last
time she set her eyes on him.
Ganiyat was said to have
given birth to a boy before
the birth of the deceased
baby but could not get any
man to claim the child. The
boy, who is said to be three
years old, is being taken care
of by Ganiyat's mother.
Ganiyat Salawudeen, is
currently in police custody
after she was arrested for
throwing her five-month-old
baby inside a well, where
she was residing in her
mother's family house at
Alagolo area, Oja Oba,
Ibadan
Nigerian tribune reports
that, Ganiyat threw the baby,
whose name was given as
Timothy Odugbemi, into the
well at about 8.30p.m on
Monday November 5, after
which she raised the alarm
that she could not find her
baby.
After a search by family
members and neighbours,
which extended till the
following morning, Ganiyat
was reported to have
confessed to throwing the
baby inside the well after
much prodding. People were
said to have rushed towards
the well to see if it was true
and it was a shocked crowd
which beheld the still body
of the tot when he was
brought out of the well.
On hearing about the
incident, the Divisional Crime
Officer in charge of Mapo
Division, Mr Bayo Ogundiran,
reportedly led a team of
detectives to the scene and
arrested the mother, while
the baby was taken to
Adeoyo Hospital, Yemetu,
where he was confirmed
dead. He was thereafter
deposited in the mortuary
for autopsy.
Ganiyat said she could not
also explain what made her
throw her baby in the well,
expressing the belief that
forces greater than her must
have overwhelmed her at
that moment.
Narrating how the incident
occurred, Ganiyat said:
"On that day, I bathed the
baby in the evening,
changed his clothes and we
both went to bed. About
8.30p.m, I rose from the bed,
carried the baby and took
him to the back of my room
window where the well is
situated".
"A spirit just came over me
and asked me to throw the
baby inside the well. I
pushed the planks on the
well aside, threw the baby
inside and covered it again".
After some time, I told the
tenant living in the house
that I could not see my baby.
He said he saw me moments
before with the baby. I left
my residence for my parents'
place at Oniyanrin area and
told my mother that I could
not find my baby but she
kept asking me where I kept
the child.
"The following morning,
many people came and were
shouting at me, asking me
where I threw the baby. An
elderly man in our family
then came to me, cajoling
me to tell him where the
baby was. Then I told him
that the baby was in the
well. While some people
rushed towards the well,
others started beating me
with horsewhip, cane and
different objects. When the
baby was brought out, he
was already dead. A police
patrol van came and I was
taken to the police station."
Ganiyat, who said she was
an apprentice learning
fashion designing, disclosed
that she was impregnated
by one Kehinde Odugbemi,
who was already married,
and that she delivered the
baby on June 4. She added
that the man could not be
traced until the day of the
naming ceremony when he
came in the evening to
christen the child. She said
Odugbemi also came on
June 12 to give her N1,000,
adding that that was the last
time she set her eyes on him.
Ganiyat was said to have
given birth to a boy before
the birth of the deceased
baby but could not get any
man to claim the child. The
boy, who is said to be three
years old, is being taken care
of by Ganiyat's mother.
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