A police corporal attached to the headquarters of the Edo State Police Command, Samuel Abiola, has allegedly killed his 19-month-old baby.
Corporal Abiola was said to have beaten his wife, Abigail, to coma before strangulating the baby.
The incident occurred at their residence at Sam Enobakhare Cresent, Off St. Saviour Road, Benin City, the Edo State capital.
The policeman, who hails from Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, was alleged to have impregnated another woman from Oghara in Delta State.
His wife said the attack occurred at 6pm on March 25 without any prior quarrel with the husband.
She said her husband started beating her when she asked about his countenance.
Abigail recalled that her husband abandoned her at the hospital after having the baby through Caesarian Section.
Abigail said she spent almost two months at the hospital before some policemen intervened and discharged her from the hospital.
“He kicked me in my stomach and pressed my neck. He slapped me and I ran out. He carried the baby, bite it in the neck, belly and face. He later locked me out.”
Abigail’s mother, Mrs. Jane Omoruyi, said she visited her daughter that day only to discover that she was battered by her husband.
She said her son-in-law opened the door after several knocks and she saw her grandson writhing in pains with visible marks on his body.
Mrs. Omoruyi said Abiola told her that he gave the baby some drugs. She said they took the child to Jonos Medical Clinic where doctors confirmed him dead.
The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Jolly Nosakhare Iguma, confirmed that “a mother and her daughter brought in a dead baby”.
Police spokesman Moses Eguavoen said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.
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