Woman Poisons One Year Old Daughter

 A woman identified simply as Rukayat, has been arrested by operatives of The Lagos State Police Command for the alleged poisoning of her one year seven months old daughter. According to sources, Rukayat, who until her arrest, lived in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos, had on the morning of Friday 8th March 2023, fed her little girl with the insecticide, as a result of her inability to cope with the child's epileptic seizures. Following the child's convulsive state from the effects of the insecticide, Rukayat had rushed her to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where she had confessed to her crime after the one year old began receiving emergency treatment from medical personnel.

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Confirming the tragic incident, spokesperson of The Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundenyin, revealed that Rukayat had been arrested and would remain in police custody until the conclusion of investigation. In the words of the police spokesperson: "Detectives of the division were immediately dispatched to the hospital, and they met the baby receiving treatment, and the mother has been taken into custody after treatment, and the investigation is ongoing.”