Step Mother Arrested For Inflicting Injuries On 4-Year Old Step daughter

LUCKY LAWAL

The police in Ogun State on Friday 9th of November, 2018, arrested one Mrs. Jennifer Dikeocha, for inflicting various degrees of injuries on her 4-year old step daughter, Stephanie Dikeocha, a pupil of Royal Peters International Academy, Mowe.

The arrest of the wicked step mother was as a result of complaints lodged at Mowe Police Station by the class teacher of the pupil who brought the little girl to the police station and showed the police various body injuries on the little girl. The teacher complained that she had noticed the reluctance of the girl to go home after close of school and that the girl was in the habit of crying seriously whenever it was time for her to go home.
She further explained that she discovered that the girl came to school that morning looking very sick and when she tried to feel her body temperature, the girl shouted in pain which prompted her to check her body and found lacerations all over the girl’s body.

On the strength of the report, the DPO Mowe Division, CSP Francis Ebhuoma, detailed detectives to follow the girl to their house where the wicked step mother was promptly arrested. The Abia State born woman disclosed to the police that the mother of the girl died while giving birth to her and that she got married to the girl’s father in 2016. When questioned about the reason for her wicked act to the innocent girl, she had no reasonable answer to give.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the JWC Section should conduct thorough investigation into the case with the view of prosecuting the suspect.