A young woman, Adeyanju Funmilayo, stabbed her 3year-old son to death at the Ogunso area of Otta, Ado-Odo/Otta local government area of Ogun state.
Adeyanju was said to have pinned her son Emmanuel to the ground and savagely stabbed him in the chest, abdomen, head and other parts of his body leaving him to die in a pool of his own blood at about 4pm on wednesday which was children's day.
Though reasons for the killing is yet to be made known, sources familiar with the mother and child, claimed it may be trauma connected to the revelation that Emmanuel is a product of an incestuous relationship between the Funmilayo and her biological father about 4years ago as gathered by The Nation.
The Public Relations Officer of Ogun state Police Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi confirming the incident said, "Policemen have been to the scene to recover the body of the child. The woman has been acting strangely like a person who is of unsound mind. The police would carry out proper investigation."
"The police will work on the state of mind of the woman and we'll have to seek the help of an expert to know her mental state".
The woman has been arrested and the remains of the slain child, evacuated to the mortuary.
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