“Greed and jealousy made me to kill the son of my husband’s second wife. She had a male child and I was not happy that our husband was showing her more care,” these were the confession statement of a 24-year-old housewife, Mariam Musa.
Mariam, a tailor and resident of Ede, Osun State was paraded by the new Osun State Commissioner of Police, Wale Olokode, in Osogbo.
The suspect said the three-year-old boy, Rokeeb, left his mother and came to her room on the day she committed the act. She confessed that she put insecticide in the victim’s mouth, which killed him.
Mariam, who is five months pregnant, said the mother of the deceased used to disrespect her because she was the favourite of their husband.
She said after committing the act, she felt remorseful and confessed to her husband.
She will be charged to court soon.
