The police in Lagos have arrested a woman,
Aminat Akanni, for allegedly abducting two
of her stepchildren and murdering one of
them because she claimed her husband
refused to provide Sallah clothes for her
own son.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect killed
one of the kids, Nofisat, by pushing her into
a soakaway.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Aminat was
arrested by the police at CMS Bus Stop,
Lagos Island, on October 9.
Our correspondent learnt that prior to the
arrest, seven-year-old Lateef and four-year-
old Nofisat had been declared missing on
Friday, October 3- a day to the Sallah
celebration.
It was learnt that the father of the missing
children, Moshood Mubo, who is also the
suspect’s husband, had raised the alarm
and reported the case to the Adeniji Adele
Police Division on Friday, October 3.
However, after the suspect’s arrest, she
confessed to have abducted the two kids
from Church Street, Lagos Island where they
lived.
She further confessed to have also killed the
younger, child, Nofisat, by pushing her into
soakaway beside a mosque in the Orile
area.
Our correspondent gathered that Lateef
and Nofisat were pupils in Primary 1 and
Nursery 2 classes respectively in a private
school.
Speaking with PUNCH Metro on Sunday,
Moshood who hails from Ilorin, Kwara State,
said his second wife, who he rented an
apartment for in the Orile area, abducted
the kids claiming that she wanted to
“punish him for not buying Sallah clothes
for her own son.”
He said, “I married Aminat in 2010. In order
to avoid a crisis at home, I rented an
apartment for her at Mosalashi Street,
Alakara in Orile. She has only one son for
me. His name is Yusuf. She does not come
to Church Street, Lagos Island where I live
with my first wife.
“What happened was that on the evening
of Friday, October 3, when I returned from
work- just a day to the Sallah celebrations- I
sent the two children to go buy biscuits in
front of the street. That was around 7pm.
We expected them till around 9pm. I was
shocked. I quickly rushed to the Adeniji
Adele Police Division, and reported the
incident.
“Believe me, I and their mother, Funmilayo,
could not sleep all through that night. We
were walking around throughout the night
from one police division to the other,
repeating the same thing. The whole Sallah
celebration was a sad one as I looked for
my two children. Little did I know that it
was my second wife who sneaked into our
area to abduct them.”
Moshood, who spoke to our correspondent
while fighting back tears, added that
Aminat had called him the following day,
and made a suspicious comment.
He said, “The following morning, around
11am, Aminat called me and heard me
crying on the phone. I told her that we
were looking for Lateef and Nofisat, she
simply said, ‘All I know is that no one can
kidnap my own son.’ I was shocked at her
statement, but I never thought she was the
one behind the whole trouble.
“It was six days later when the police
arrested her that she then confessed that
she committed the act because she claimed
I was not taking care of her, and I had not
bought sallah clothes for her son, which is
not true. She had sneaked to our area, and
asked the two kids to follow her to Orile.
This is unimaginable for me.”
PUNCH Metro learnt that as the search for
the two children continued, which took
Mubo and his first wife to travel to Ilorin,
Kwara State to consult their relatives and
get ‘spiritual help’, a friend had called them
on Thursday, October 9, that she saw Lateef
with Akanni around the CMS Bus Stop,
Lagos Island. The police were then invited
who trailed her movement and arrested
her.
The mother of the two children, Funmilayo,
told PUNCH Metro that Aminat had bottled
up grievances against her for a long time.
She said, “Aminat killed my daughter. She
made us to have a sorrowful Sallah. We
were running around police stations. She
said she wanted to punish me and my
husband because she was having issues
with us. So, why did she not come after us,
why after my two children?”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the
incident, adding that Aminat was now in
police custody.
He said, “Aminat Akanni is the second wife
of the complainant. Investigation revealed
that the corpse of Nofisat was recovered by
the Orile Division in a sudden and unnatural
death.
“The suspect confessed to have drowned
the child and dropped the corpse at Orile.
The case has now been transferred to the
Orile Division for further synchronisation
and action.”
SOURCE :http://www.punchng.com/news/woman-abducts-stepdaughter-buries-her-in-soakaway/

Some people are worst than boko haram.

She should be hung. No debate about it