A angry woman, Mrs Bisola Olukoya in a bid to correct her son has flogged him to death, using a plank.
The middle-aged woman, who has been arrested by the men of Ogun State Police Command killed her 16-year-old son, Toheeb Olukoya in the process of flogging him.
The woman who resides at Ifelodun Street, Onifade- Itele, in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Friday, March 17, 2017, while beating the son used plank to hit him on the head. The boy, suddenly fell down and gave up the ghost.
The woman, having realised what she has done hurriedly buried the boy in connivance with her husband and ran away from the house.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abiola Oyeyemi said immediately the information got to the police, the Divisional Police Officer, Itele Division, Lukmon Adejumo, led the detectives to investigate the matter and the suspect was later traced and arrested at Iyana Ipaja in Lagos.
However, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has commended the men of the Itele Division for arresting the suspect and ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.
He also appealed to general public to always control their temperament especially when correcting their children/wards.