A trainee herbalist, Ifagbenga Taiwo, who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly slaughtering his 41-day-old son within the Keesi space of Adatan, Abeokuta, the state capital, has disclosed that he carried out the act underneath a spell.
PUNCH Metro reported on Wednesday that the incident occurred final Monday after the infant’s mom, Raimat Wasilat, laid him on a mattress whereas washing garments outdoors their dwelling.
Wasilat was mentioned to have returned to the room and met his son with a slit throat, prompting her to boost the alarm, which attracted their neighbours and the police.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, disclosed that the spouse had fingered her husband in his son’s demise which prompted the police to take him into custody for additional investigation.
In the meantime, in an interrogation video obtained by our correspondent on Sunday, the suspect narrated how he used a knife to slit the throat of the toddler.
He, nevertheless, blamed his motion on the affect of a spell, stressing that he was not aware of what he did till he had perpetrated the act.
In accordance with Taiwo, on the day of the incident, he gave his spouse a feeding allowance whereas going out to the place of his apprenticeship as she was washing some garments outdoors.
He added that upon attending to his office, he realised that he had forgotten some charms, which he usually used for cover at dwelling and determined to return to select them up.
He continued that whereas he was returning dwelling, he realised that he was feeling uneasy and stressed and that he felt like committing against the law.
Taiwo narrated in Yoruba (now translated), “I didn’t go dwelling on Sunday because of engagements at work. I went dwelling on Monday, and after I bought dwelling, I took my bathtub, gave my spouse a feeding allowance, and left the home.
“It was after I started working that I realised I had left the charms I used for self-protection at dwelling. So, I went dwelling to select them up. After I picked them up, I returned to work.
“About an hour after I had returned to work, I simply felt a breeze blow at me, and I started to really feel uneasy. It was like one thing was circulating in my physique, and I felt like committing against the law.”
He famous that upon returning dwelling, he didn’t meet his spouse outdoors on the spot the place she was washing garments, and he went inside, picked a knife, and slit the throat of his 41-day-old son.
“Once I bought dwelling, I didn’t meet my spouse on the spot the place she was washing garments. I went inside, and I continued feeling that I ought to commit against the law.
“I went into my mum’s room and picked a knife we had bought within the Kuto market a while in the past. I took the knife and went to the place my son was laid, and that was what I remembered final earlier than I got here again to consciousness.
“Once I realised that my son had been killed, I used to be questioning what had occurred, and I used to be stunned. I needed to flee by means of the again door of our home,” Taiwo mentioned within the video.
When requested if he had allegedly killed his son in an try to divorce his spouse, Taiwo replied, “I like my spouse, and I didn’t plan to divorce her. I don’t know the way it occurred. I’ve achieved it earlier than I realised what I did.”
“I fled after doing it as a result of I didn’t know what to do. I’m sorry about what I did.”
He appealed to the federal government to indicate him mercy.