A 50-year-old pastor, Isaac Akinbola, has been arrested by Ogun State command of Nigeria Police for allegedly hiring his concubines to beat his wife, Dasola Akinbola, and in the process, her eight-month-old child reportedly fell and died.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, yesterday, said the incident occurred last week Sunday at Awa Ijebu in the Ijebu North Local Government Area of the state.
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According to the police, Dasola said she had been having a disagreement with her pastor-husband over his alleged illicit affair with some female members of the church for some time.
According to the statement, the wife said her husband came to her house in Ipinle area of Mamu Ijebu with two women, whom she has been suspecting of having illicit affair with her husband, to beat her up.
He said: “While they were beating her, her eight-month-old baby, Obadiah Akinbola, fell, while her husband was urging the two women to beat her thoroughly.”
“Upon the report, the DPO Awa Ijebu division, CSP Adewalehinmi Joshua, ordered the arrest of the three suspects, while the woman and her baby were taken to Mamu Ijebu health centre.
“The woman and the baby were later referred to Blessed Hospital, Oru Ijebu where it was discovered that the baby had an internal injury, which he sustained when he fell from his mother’s hands during the scuffle.
“The child gave up the ghost on March 28, 2022, while receiving treatment as a result of the internal injury.“The remains of the child have been deposited at the General Hospital, Ijebu Igbo mortuary for autopsy.”
