Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
OPERATIVES of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 66-year-old grandmother, Oyewole Margaret, and a self-acclaimed prophet, Ifeoluwa Akinjise, for allegedly killing a day-old baby in Isua Akoko, Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
They allegedly conspired to kill the day-old baby immediately after delivery by its mother, Oluwaseun Oyewole, and hurriedly buried the corpse.
Suspicious of the move, a relative of the mother reported the incident to the police.
The acclaimed prophet and the grandmother were subsequently arrested following the complaint lodged at the Isua Police Division.
The State Police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, who confirmed the arrest, disclosed that the brother of the baby’s mother had lodged the complaint.
“The complainant said that his sister had been pregnant for nine months and observed that she had delivered.
“When asked about the baby, she claimed the baby had died and had been buried with the aid of their mother without informing any family member.
“The Police later arrested one Akinjise Ifeoluwa, aged 40, and Oyewole Margaret, aged 66, in connection with the case.
“In the course of investigation, it was discovered that her mother, Oyewole Margaret, entrusted her care to a native doctor named Akinjise Ifeoluwa, who also claimed to be a prophet.
“The mother of the baby stated that she got pregnant for Akinjise, and on the day of delivery, her mother and Akinjise were constantly communicating through the phone.
“The Prophet ordered her mother to block the child’s nostrils to hasten the baboy death.
“The prophet said it was an abomination for the baby to be alive because it will lead to the death of the lady.
“The Prophet claimed she had slept with another man while pregnant for him unless her mother wanted to lose her after 14 days.
“After she regained her strength, her mother informed her that the baby had died, and the baby and the placenta had been buried.
“However, when the purported place of burial was visited, neither the baby nor the placenta was found,” Odunlami narrated.
However, the mother of the day-old baby, Oluwaseun, has claimed that her mother and the prophet conspired to kill her baby for rituals.
She accused her mother of forcefully taking her away from her former husband after bearing two children for him, under the pretext that he wasn’t taking good care of her.
Oluwaseun maintained that the prophet and her mother had constantly communicated on the phone, insisting that they both conspired to kill the baby.
She urged the police to grill her mother and the prophet until they produce the remains of her baby.
