A 22-year-old woman, Adisa
Funmilola, has drowned her baby because the child prevented her from going to
university to study law.
She drowned the one-year and six
months old baby inside a bucket of water in her apartment at Plot 22, Gowon
Estate, Lagos, on Monday, and then reported herself to the Police.
During interrogation, she blamed her
action on frustration, saying her baby deprived her of actualising her dream of
becoming a lawyer.
She explained that she was
impregnated by one Yusuf Folarin, while both were attending a Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board, JAMB, class at City of Success in Abeokuta, Ogun State
capital.
Trouble started for her after
Folarin denied paternity, requesting rather that the pregnancy be aborted.
Along the line, she said she was
offered admission into the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun
State, to study Law, but had to defer the admission because of the baby.
Surprisingly, Folarin, the woman who
drowned her baby, did not show remorse for her action.
She said: “I killed my baby and
reported myself to the police. I filled a bucket with water, dipped her inside
and held her head until she died.
“I did it for three reasons. First,
I didn’t have the financial might to take care of her. Second, I was tired and
frustrated.
“But the most painful reason is that
she deprived me of actualising my dream of becoming a lawyer.
"I would have aborted the
pregnancy, but my father advised me against it. The person that is responsible
for the pregnancy rejected me. I live with my sister, who has no job and I am
also not working.”
Asked if she was aware of the
magnitude of her offence, she gave a wry smile, and muttered: “The most
important thing is that I have killed the baby.”
The sister, who did not want her
name in print, said: “Yes, we live together. I was in my bedroom while she was
in hers. I didn’t know when she drowned the baby
"I suspect she is mentally
deranged because our mother had a similar mental issue before she died.”
Source: Vanguard.
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