Police operatives from Oke Baale Police Station, Osogbo, capital of Osun State, has arrested a woman identified as Iya Dada, for tying up her 10-year-old son, in sacks and locking him up in a wardrobe for four days in the Fesojaye community of Owode, Osogbo.
According to reports, the woman, who attends a Celestial Church of Christ in the city, had subjected the boy, who is about 10 years old, to punishment for constantly stealing and for being possessed by an evil spirit.
The cry of the boy had attracted a neighbour, who called on residents of the area to the house where the boy was kept in the wardrobe while the mother had gone to church.
The Chairman of the community’s Landlords Association, Sakiru Gbadegesin, explained that the mother was in church on Sunday when the boy was rescued.
Gbadegesin said the woman told them that she tied the boy up in sacks and kept him in the wardrobe since Thursday, because of his wayward acts.
He stated, “We don’t know much about the woman and her family. But on Sunday, around 11am, I was informed that she kept her son in the wardrobe to punish him for his wayward life. I told those who brought the matter to me to report it to the police.
“Later, policemen from the Oke Baale Police Station, Osogbo, came and the woman was forced to open the door and the boy was brought out from the wardrobe. He was almost dead.
“She confessed that she tied the boy in three sacks and kept him in the wardrobe since Thursday, because he was wayward and used to steal.
“A neighbour of the woman, who was fumigating the surroundings of her house, heard the boy’s cry for help and informed us. As of the time, the mother was in church. She attends a Celestial Church of Christ. The woman was later arrested and taken to the Oke Baale Police Station.”
During interrogation, the woman said who is separated from Ayo’s father, said her son is possessed with evil spirit always steals people’s money.
It was, however, gathered that the woman has been released.
According to a report,the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Yemisi Opalola, said the woman was arrested and made to sign an undertaking to stop maltreating the boy.
”We went to arrest her and she told her part of the story, how the boy has been disturbing her. In a nutshell, the police told her to go and look for the father of the boy if she cannot take care of the child again. She promised to do so.
“The DPO also followed up yesterday to ensured that the father is found. There is no way the police can keep the child with them. They have made her to write an undertaking even with a surety who promised she will never do it again.” she said.
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