Titilayo Odedele
A 20-year-old woman, Titilayo Odedele, has told an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court that she strangled her two year old child, Opeyemi, because she could not afford a babysitter for him.
The defendant, who was arraigned on one count of murder, said she had no one to help her take care of the child after she was impregnated and thrown out of her parent’s home.
Addressing the court in tears, she said, “I only finished Primary six, and I did not attend secondary school before I was impregnated.
“On that Friday night, I attended a vigil and wanted to drop the child there and run away, but didn’t know what to do.
“On Saturday morning, I left the place and wrapped him up in a cloth. When I saw that nobody was with us, I put my hand on his neck and started to squeeze it till he died.”
The magistrate, O.O Olatunji, who was obviously shocked by the defendant’s action, said she could have left the baby in the church for people to take, instead of killing him.
He said, “How did you kill him? Was he not crying each time you pressed his neck?”
She replied, “Each time I squeezed his neck, he cried, but I just kept pressing till he died. I don’t know what entered into me.
He said she had also made confessional statements to the police.
The magistrate granted the remand request and ordered her to be put in prison pending the Directorate of Public Prosecution advice. The case was adjourned till February 3, 2014 for mention.
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