Police in Ogun State have arrested a 30-year-old housewife, Shukurat Olufowobi, for allegedly beating her five-year-old stepson, Azeem, to death.

The incident happened about 12:30pm on Sunday at Ogijo area of Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest of the housewife in a statement made available to CRACO in Abeokuta.

Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, added that the husband of the suspect had also been placed in custody and undergoing interrogation.

According to him, the deceased boy was beaten with an object on his head which resulted in injury to his skull.

The boy, the police spokesman stated, eventually died from the injury sustained.

Oyeyemi said: “Information further revealed that the woman and her husband hurriedly took the corpse of the victim to Ajah in Lagos State where he was secretly buried.

“Upon the information, the DPO Ogijo Division, CSP Suleman Baba Muhammed, quickly mobilized his detectives to the scene where the couple who have started packing their belongings away from the area were promptly arrested.

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the woman has been maltreating the victim whose mother has separated from the father due to irreconcilable differences.

“On the fateful day, the boy was beaten on the head with a heavy object which caused him a broken skull resulting to his eventual death.