Oyediran Kudirat,32-years old hair dresser has been arrested for allegedly torturing her step-daughter Racheal and inflicting injuries on her for bed-wetting and disobedience.
Racheal's mother died five years ago when she was three months old.She was said to have been under the care of the suspect whom the father got married to a few years after.
A concerned neighbour at their residence in Okeore,Atan Ota in Ado-Odo local government Area in Ogun state,said to have reported the incidence at the Onipanu Police Divison which led to kudirat's arrest.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Muyiwa Adejobi said the case will be charged to court and also states that, ''The command has no tolerance for inhuman cases of such and will always fish out the culprits.''
Kudirat who hails from Abeokuta,the state capital told the Police that she beat Racheal for being obstinate.
In her statement to Police,she said ''she is my step-daughter and i have been taking good care of her but she is very sturborn,if i give an instruction she wont follow it,she is bed-wetting and i have cautioned her several times.
''She is always fond of stealing pieces of meat from the pot of stew.i only beat her with brooms,i don't use any object on her.i promise not to beat her again.''she added.
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