An Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Thursday remanded in Ikoyi Prison a 34-year-old bricklayer, Abiodun Otaoroju, for allegedly killing his 41-day-old son. The defendant is facing a two-count of murder and administering obnoxious substance. His plea was not taken as the court has no jurisdiction to try such case.
“I hereby remand the defendant at the Ikoyi Prison, pending the outcome of the legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions”, Magistrate Helen Omisore said. The prosecutor, Sgt. Idowu Onime, had told the court that the defendant, on August 30, unlawfully killed his son, Kazeem.
He said, “The defendant used an obnoxious substance known as ‘Bint El Sudan Perfume’ to kill the deceased”.
“The defendant, who lives at 16, Aiyegbami Street, Ibeju Lekki in Lagos, was arrested by the police after the mother of the baby cried out to the neighbourhood for help”. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the alleged incident, which took place in Epe, in Lagos State, contravened sections 221 and 241 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
Omisore adjourned the case to October 31, for the DPP’s advice. Earlier, the accused had told reporters that, “I met Ronke in 2011. She’s a fashion designer.
We later fell in love and early this year, she got pregnant. I went to meet her father and told him I wanted to marry her and he accepted”.
I have another wife and have three children. But I didn’t marry Ronke but I provided for her and made sure she was alright.
In June, she gave birth to Kazeem and we had christening.
“I don’t live with them but I usually spend the weekend with them. On August 30, during one of my visits, I sent Ronke to buy bread and make me some tea. She left the baby with me.” Otaoroju said when Ronke went out; he started hearing strange voices in his head commanding him to kill his child.
He said, I went outside and bought a liquid substance known as Bint El Sudan, it’s a type of perfume.
“I took the substance, opened Kazeem’s mouth and poured it into it. I don’t know why I did that”http://www.blessingesegine.com/i-was-obeying-the-voice-in-my-head-father-who-killed-41-day-old-son/

What is the Family Section turning into??

Efemena_xy: What is the Family Section turning into??

I think I have been angered enough of stories of wicked parents killing their children on family section today! "Leaves thread angrily"

k2039: [size=15pt]This man deserves to be shot,when he gets to court that same voice in his head will save him,mtcheew.

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why should he be shot? Have you not heard of mental illnesses? Is that how you treat sick people? If this man is sick he needs to be evaluated by a psychiatrist and be treated accordingly. He needs a hospital not jail.

Africans and their barbaric mentality. A man shot president Reagan in the US, he was found to be mentally ill and he was treated as a sick man in a mental hospital. If it was Nigeria, they would have given him the death penalty. Smh

k2039: The fact that their is a disease called mental illness doesnt mean that this guy is suffering from any.Trust me the court will carry out a test on his mental state.
I still maintain my stand that man deserves to be shot except proven to be suffering from any mental ailment(I think you should know that some nigerians dont have to mentally sick to do some absurd things)

I see you are learning. This is what you should have added to your first statement on this thread.

On Late president Ronald Wilson Reagan assasination attempt,I didnt know that guy was suffering from any illness.
If not that the SS agents moved the president in to the limousine aftter the first shot,the president would have been killed(even the first shot was sufficient to kill Reagan if not for Grace and wonderful doctors).
One of the SS agent even suffered ap brain damage after the attempt on Reagan's life as a result of shots he took while defending the president.

Well at least now you know he was mentally Ill. And you won't go about making summary judgments about people deserving to be killed when you haven't examined them clinically . Its highly unfair to do so.

he needs to be examined. There's a chance that he's schizophrenic.

Efemena_xy: What is the Family Section turning into??

the thread should be in crime section.

dominique: he needs to be examined. There's a chance that he's schizophrenic.



the thread should be in crime section.

yes, schizophrenia

I never knew that boys wore bows on their heads in Nigeria o!

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Definitely one of the 2.5 million Lagosians said to be mentally ill...http://allafrica.com/stories/201110130989.html
sad!!!

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