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OSUN: Man Beats His 2-Month-Old Baby To Death, Buries Her For Crying

Faith Ukanwa

Nov 08, 2021

A 43-year-old Sanjo, have been arrested for allegedly beating his 2 month old baby to death and burying her in Osun State.

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A statement released on Sunday, by the Osun State Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Olubukola Olaboopo, quoted the suspect as saying that he married his wife in 2008 and both had 5 children.

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"It was the third child that I beat unintentionally to death.

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"My wife left the child with me and she started crying. I did all I could to placate her, but she kept crying. Something just came upon me and I beat the two months old baby to death. My wife and I buried the child on our farmland,ÔÇØ Sanjo said.

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However, the statement noted that Sanjo's wife, while being interrogated, claimed that four of their five children had died, leaving them with only the last child.

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The wife explained that she connived with her husband to kill two of their children due to poverty, while they dumped one child around the Osogbo Technical School area.

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The suspect has been handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution.

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— Faith Ukanwa

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