Oddity of life: Osun Govt. condemns violence against Women and Children.


The State Government of Osun has reiterated that the administration of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola will not condone  acts of violence, child abuse or any other  related  act in the state, with a vow that perpetrators will not go unpunished.                              
             
Commissioner  for Women ,  Children and  Social  Affairs, Barr. Olubukola Olaboopo emphasized this while reacting to the case of a 43 year old man, simply identified has Sanjo who was reliably gathered to be engaging in the killing of babies given birth to by his wife.

The Commissioner explained that the State helmsman places  high premium on the  welfare of  children  in  the  State  and will  do everything  to ensure  their safety. 

In his confessional  statement, the suspect explained:" I  got married  to my wife in 2008 and God blessed us with five  children.It was the third  child that I beat, unintentionally, to death. My wife left the child  with  me and she started  crying,  I did all I could to placate her but she kept crying. Something just  came upon me and i beat the  two months  old baby  to death. I and my wife  buried  the child  on our farm land."                  
                                                        
Speaking, the wife  mentioned that she gave birth to 5 babies out of which 4 are dead and the 5th being the newly born. She explained that they decided to kill two of the babies due to poverty while they dumped the third one around Technical Area, Osogbo.                                     
 Narrating her experience, she mentioned that she suffered in the hand of her husband,claiming that apart from constantly subjecting her to hard labour on his farm, the man is fond of beating and tying her down before sexual intercourse. The woman also confessed that on several occasions, she had been compelled to source sexual partners for the suspect. She further revealed that they had made several abortion attempts on the new baby before he was delivered safe and sound.                              
                                                
Upon a hint by a good samaritan, the Ministry moved in on the duo.                
 Meanwhile, suspect has since been arrested and handed over to the police.

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