The police in Lagos state have arrested a mother and her partner for allegedly battering her two children aged 5 and 2.
The woman identified as Busola Oyediran and her partner, Akebiara Emmanuel, were arrested on Friday, January 13, by the police following reports by neighbours.
The concerned neighbours had alerted the police of the consant physical abuse of the minors by their biological mother and her partner. Following the report, the police stormed the Egbeda/Idimu home of the couple and arrested them. The police later visited the hospital where the neighbours had taken the battered children for treatment.
When confronted, their mother claimed the children fell from a motorcycle and suffered serious injuries.
Confirming the arrest to LIB, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin, said the couple is currently in detention and will be arraigned in court by Monday, January I6. He said the father of the children has been alerted.
See photos of the battered children below…
Update: Lagos state govt arraigns woman and her partner for allegedly battering her underaged children
The Lagos state government has arraigned a woman, Busola Oyediran, and her partner, Akebiara Emmanuel, before Chief Magistrate B.O. Osunsami of the Samuel Ilori Court, Ogbà, for allegedly torturing the woman’s two underaged children in the Egbeda/Idimu area of Lagos State.
In a statement released, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, said the couple was arraigned on January 16, 2023, and the children have been taken into protective custody.
“The Executive Secretary, DSVA, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said it was alleged that the suspects had been maltreating the two children by beating them with belts, canes, and horsewhip. It took the intervention of a mandated reporter who ensured the case was brought to the attention of the relevant authorities, including the police, who arrested the couple.
The suspects were arraigned before Chief Magistrate B.O. Osunsami, at the Samuel Ilori Court, Ogba, on January 16, 2023. The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has requested the duplicate case file.”the statement read in part
