Lagos mother arrested for attempting to kill ailing baby

• He disclosed that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, reported the matter to the police on Friday

In Lagos State, a mother has been apprehended for attempting kill her sick child by feeding the child a poisonous insecticide, “Sniper’’.

The police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday.

He disclosed that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, reported the matter to the police on Friday.

According to him, the chief security officer at the hospital disclosed that the mother brought her one-year-and-seven-month-old daughter to the hospital for treatment.

He added that the mother confessed to a doctor at the hospital that she gave the child “Sniper’’ to drink on Sunday when her convulsion was not abating.

“The mother said she gave the liquid to her child so she could rest from her excessive convulsions.

“Detectives were immediately dispatched to the hospital where they met the baby receiving treatment.

“The mother has been taken in for investigation after the child had received treatment,” Hundeyin said. (NAN)