18-Year-Old SS1 Student Arrested For Poison Her Guardian

Men of Ogun State Police Command has arrested an 18 years old senior secondary school student (SS1) for attempting to kill her guardian one Mrs. Esther Bada by poisoning her food.

The suspect, Tope Fasanya, as confirmed by the Command spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested following a complained by the victim, who reported that she was served food by her maid and immediately after eating the food, she felt a sharp stomach pain and became very uncomfortable.

The complainant stated further that when the pain was becoming so severe, she called the maid to come and eat the remaining food but she refused.

“This made her to suspect foul play on the part of the maid”, she said.

“Upon the report, the victim was quickly taken to Owode-Egba General Hospital, from where she was referred to Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta for proper medical treatment. The suspect was subsequently arrested.

“On interrogation, the suspect initially denied and she was transferred to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department.

“On getting there, she made a confessional statement that she actually add rat poison substance to the victim’s food”, Oyeyemi said.

Police preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect has been living with the woman since when she was in primary three, and the woman was her class teacher then.

However, following the death of her father, the victim volunteered to help the girl by taking her to live in her house and from there going to school on her bill.

“It was the victim that sponsored the suspect’s education up till her present class”, Oyeyemi added.

When asked why she decided to kill her benefactor, the suspect who described the victim as a very caring person said she only wanted to return to her mother and she can only do that if her guardian is no more.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has directed that the suspect be arraigned in court as soon as investigation is concluded.