Police: Woman arrested for cutting 10-year-old boy with razor over N600 theft in Ogun

The Ogun police command says its operatives have arrested Fatimah Odeale for allegedly inflicting wounds on a 10-year-old boy with a razor.

In a statement on Monday, Omolola Odutola, the police spokesperson in Ogun, said a delegation led by Moses Olagbegi, the coordinator from the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools in Abeokuta, reported the incident.

Odutola said the delegation came to the station with Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilare, the victim, who is also a student of Dinamis Private School, in the Araromi area of Obada Oko, with serious cuts on his hand.

“When questioned, the boy revealed that his guardian, Odeale from the housing area of Obada Oko, had caused his injuries,” NAN quoted Odutola as saying.

“She was arrested and admitted to using a razor blade to inflict the wounds as punishment for stealing N600 to buy ice cream for his friends.”

The command spokesperson added that Lanre Ogunlowo, the police commissioner in Ogun, had ordered an immediate investigation, describing the incident as “child abuse”.