A woman in the Ede area of Osun State, Mariam Musa, has explained why she killed the son of her husband’s second wife.
She is also currently pregnant.
She allegedly poisoned the boy with Rocket pesticide on December 2862020, while he died on December 31.
Speaking with newsmen when the police paraded her in Osogbo, Osun State, , the suspect said she poisoned the child because her husband was showing more love and favour to the second wife as she had a male child while she (as the first wife) is yet to bear a son.
Mariam was paraded alongside other crime suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Olokode on Tuesday, January 5.
It was gathered that the child was rushed to Muslim Hospital, Ede, where he died while receiving treatment on December 31.
Exhibits recovered from the suspect include pesticide bottle with liquid content and empty rubber bottle.
