Tunji Bosun, AbeokutaOperatives of the Ogun State Police Command, on Wednesday, arrested a 47-year-old housewife, Joy Egeonu, for allegedly beating the 11-year-old nephew of her husband, Chibuike Egeonu, to death over an allegation that the deceased stole her N6,500. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abeokuta. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report by the mother of the deceased, Ijeoma Egeonu, at the Agbado Divisional Police Headquarters. “On interrogation, the suspect claimed to have suspected that the boy stole her money, which prompted her to flog him to the point of him going into coma. READ ALSO: FG recorded N910bn fiscal deficit in three months — CBN“She has since taken detectives to where the boy was hurriedly buried.

Source: Punch February 07, 2019 01:41 UTC