“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.”
This are the words of a Lagos-based young mother, Funmilola Adisa, who said she killed her baby because its coming denied her the opportunity to study Law.
The 22-year-old is currently with the Lagos State Police Command,
as she submitted herself after drowning the one-year-old in her apartment at Plot 22, Gowon Estate, Iyana Ipaja,.
During interrogation, she stressed that she decided to end the life of her baby because she was tired of taking care of her. She also blamed her action on frustration, saying her baby deprived her of actualising her dream of becoming a lawyer.
Funmilola noted that one Folarin Yusuf impregnated her while they were both attending a Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, class at City of Success in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. She said Folarin denied paternity, requesting that pregnancy be aborted.
Adisa said she agreed to have an abortion but her father heard about her pregnancy and told her to keep the baby.
Saying she gained admission to study Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, but had to shun it because of the baby, Adisa added,
”I made sure that she was no longer moving before I went to the police station to report myself. They did not believe me and thought that I was mad. It was when they finally followed me home that they realized that what I said was true. I reported myself no one arrested me.
“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.
“ I wanted to drop her at the church but I realized that it was only death that will free me from that child. I am not in school because of her and even if I tell my father, he will also force me to stay and take care of the baby. My life will be ruined. “
“If they kill me no problem. The most important thing is that I have killed the baby and I am free from that baby. I don’t care.”
