At Alade Idanre area of
Ondo State, a fifty-five year old year-old woman, Florence Aladenoye, has been
bitten to death by a dog.
Subsequently, the owner of
the dog, Afolabi Olafingbesote, 69, has been arrested by detectives and is
currently in Police custody.
Men of the Criminal
Investigation and Intelligence Department, CIID, of the State Police Command
have waded into the matter.
After the deceased was
bitten by the dog, she was rushed to five different hospitals, but was finally
referred to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Owo, when her condition became
critical, where all efforts by the medical personnel to save her life proved
abortive.
The deceased, a neighbour
to the dog’s owner, was going on an outing when the dog pursued and bit her,
then immediately turned back and went home.
A police source said that
the owner of the dog admitted that it had not been treated for rabbies in
recent time.
Police spokesman, Wole
Ogodo, who confirmed the incident, said the owner of the dog and dog were in police
custody and that he had made useful statements.
According to him, the
remains of the deceased have since been deposited at General Hospital mortuary
in the town for autopsy.
He, however, stressed the
need for owners of dogs and other domestic animals to always ensure that they
were treated, adding that investigation into the matter was in progress.
The dog should be slaughter too abi
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