Isheri Oshun Police: Couple admitted beating teenager to death

Investigations
into
the
death
of
a
16-
year-
old
boy,
Seubow,
who
was
allegedly
killed
by
her foster mother, Olayemi Ayangbe, popularly
called Iya Anu, has shown that she and her
husband, Timothy, were culpable.
The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State
Police Command, Ngozi Braide, who spoke with
our correspondent on the phone on Tuesday, said
this was the outcome of the preliminary
investigation into the matter.
She said, “The incident was reported at Isheri
Oshun Police Division on Sunday evening and the
DPO personally quizzed the couple. They both
confessed to beating the boy to death.
“Olayemi started the beating while Timothy later
joined her in battering the boy up till the time the
boy gave up the ghost.
“Timothy admitted he joined in battering the boy
because of his habit of stealing. He said he had
continuously soiled his name within the
neighbourhood as a result of the development.”
Braide confirmed to our correspondent that the
police had in time past quizzed Olayemi for
battering the boy.
She said, “The deceased is Timothy’s nephew and
the police had arrested Olayemi before on
complaints of battering but the present DPO was
not the head of the police station at that time.
“The deceased’s father is late but his mother who
stays in the Badagry area of the state has been
informed about the incident and will be meeting
with the police tomorrow (Wednesday).
“The couple are still in police custody and
investigations are ongoing. The case will be
transferred to the state Criminal Investigation
Department on Wednesday.”
Olayemi had allegedly beaten Seubow to death at
their residence at 8, Amosu Street, Ijegun, Lagos,
on Sunday on the allegations that he stole N50 to
buy Gala after he was starved throughout
Saturday for misplacing a N1,000 note.
Residents of the area had told PUNCH Metro that
Olayemi battered Seubow, who moved in with
them in December 2011, till he gave up the ghost
on Sunday afternoon.
Olayemi, who was described as violent by her
neighbours, was said to be in the habit of
inflicting injuries on Seubow and her own children
whenever they erred.
Besides, they alleged that she often transferred
her belligerence to her neighbours by attacking
them with objects on the slightest provocation.
Olayemi, a mother of four, is a serial divorcee.
Timothy is her third husband.
Alexander Akinnurun , the Proprietor of Alex Group
of Schools, Ijegun, where Seubow attended before
his death, had told our correspondent on Monday
that he reported Olayemi at the police station in
June when the deceased came to school with a
battered face.