Police arrest Guardian for inflicting razor blade on minor in Ogun

• The boy allegedly stole N600 to buy ice cream for his friends.
  Odeale used a razor blade to punish the boy for stealing.

The Ogun police command has taken into custody Mrs. Fatimah Odeale for allegedly slashing a 10-year-old boy, Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilare, with a razor blade over N600 theft.

CSP Omolola Odutola, police spokesperson, revealed this information in a statement released in Abeokuta.

A delegation from the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, led by Moses Olagbegi, reported the incident.

The delegation brought Oluwadamilare, a Dinamis private school student, to the station with severe hand cuts.

“When questioned, the boy revealed that his guardian, Odeale from the Housing area of Obada Oko had caused his injuries.

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

The police spokesperson stated that Commissioner Lanre Ogunlowo ordered an immediate probe, labeling the incident as child abuse.