Police arrest 18-year-old student for poisoning guardian in Ogun

An 18-year-old female secondary school student identified as Tope Fasanya has allegedly confessed that she poisoned her guardian one Mrs Esther Bada, by adding rat poison to her food.

The suspect, attempted to kill the guardian so she could return to her mother.

She was arrested following a complaint by the victim, who had reported that she became very uncomfortable with sharp stomach pain after eating the food served by her maid.

The Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed that the victim said “when the pain was becoming so severe, she called the maid to come and eat the remaining food but she refused,” saying this made her suspect foul play on the part of the maid.

It was gathered that the victim was taken to Owode Egba general hospital, from where she was referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta for proper medical treatment.

According to Oyeyemi, “the suspect was subsequently arrested. On interrogation, she initially denied; and she was transferred to the homicide section of the state CIID,” where she was said to have ”made a confessional statement that she actually added rat poison substance to the victim’s food.”

The victim, Mrs Bada reportedly volunteered to help the teenage girl by taking her in and sponsoring her education up till her present class when she lost her dad.

However, Tope said she decided to kill her benefactor because she wanted to return to her mother and she can only do that if her guardian is no more.” (Daily Independent: Excludes headline)