‘Why I Strangled My 2-Year-Old Son To Death" - 20-Year-Old Mother Shares SHOCKING Story

A 20-year-old woman, Titilayo Odedele, has
told an Ebute Meta Magistrate's Court that
she strangled her two year old child,
Opeyemi, because she could not afford a
babysitter for him.
The incident was said to have happened at
Ajagunro, Imota Ikorodu area of Lagos.
The defendant, who was arraigned on one count
of murder, said she had no one to help her
take care of the child after she was impregnated
and thrown out of her parent's home.
Addressing the court in tears, she said, "I only
finished Primary six, and I did not attend
secondary school before I was impregnated.
"On that Friday night, I attended a vigil and
wanted to drop the child there and run away,
but didn't know what to do.
"On Saturday morning, I left the place and
wrapped him up in a cloth. When I saw that
nobody was with us, I put my hand on his neck
and started to squeeze it till he died."
The magistrate, O.O Olatunji, who was obviously
shocked by the defendant's action, said she
could have left the baby in the church for
people to take, instead of killing him.
He said, "How did you kill him? Was he not
crying each time you pressed his neck?"
She replied, "Each time I squeezed his neck, he
cried, but I just kept pressing till he died. I
don't know what entered into me."
It was learnt that Oladele lost her mother at an
early age, and her father got married to another
woman. The accused was said to have been
sent out of the house soon afterwards.
The investigating police officer, Fatai Popoola, in
a remand request, indicated that Odedele was
arrested the day after the incident on the road.
He said she had also made confessional
statements to the police.
The murder charge read, "That you, Titilayo
Oladele, on November 16, 2013 at Ajagunro,
Imota Ikorodu, in the Lagos Magisterial District,
did unlawfully kill one Opeyemi Ibrahim, aged
two years, by strangulating him to death with
your hands and thereby committed an offence
punishable under Section 221 of the Criminal
Law of Lagos State, Nigeria 2011."
The defendant's plea was not taken, as she also
did not have any legal representation or family
member in court.
The police prosecutor, Cyriacus Osuji, applied
for her remand pursuant to Section 264 of the
Administration of Criminal Justice, Lagos State
2011.
The magistrate granted the remand request and
ordered her to be put in prison pending the
Directorate of Public Prosecution advice. The
case was adjourned till February 3, 2014 for
mention.