The suspect, who is the
wife of the Alabudo of Abudo, a community in the Egbedore Local Government Area
of Osun State, was said to have set a building on fire while the victim was
sleeping inside.
The police in Osun State
have arrested Mrs Folasade Olawale for alleged conspiracy, arson and murder of
her three-year-old stepdaughter, Ikimoh Akeem.
The Commissioner of Police
in Osun State, Mr Fimihan Adeoye, on Thursday said the suspect and two others
conspired to set the building on fire, killing the girl in the process.
He said some other persons,
who were inside the building were also injured, adding that the monarch’s wife,
together with one Waheed Oladosu and Sherif Tijani, allegedly set the building
on fire.
Adeoye said the 45-year-old
monarch, Oba Morufudeen Olawale, reported the incident to the police and said
jealousy was responsible for his wife’s action.
He said, “The suspects on
June 5, 2018, left Ede for Abudo, a village in the Egbedore Local Government
Area, and set ablaze the house of one Olawale Kadijat, aged 20, in Abudo.
“Consequently, one Ikimoh
Akeem, a three-year-old girl, lost her life, while Khadijat, the fourth wife of
the monarch,was injured by the fire and admitted to a hospital for treatment,
“Investigation revealed
that the female suspect did not support the marriage of her husband to the
fourth wife and because of this, she conspired with the other suspects to carry
out the crime.”
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