By Augustine Ehikioya
For allegedly organizing assault on his wife, Police officials in Ogun State have arrested Pastor Isaac Akinbola, for organizing assault on his wife, Dasola Akinbola.
Also arrested were two women, Esther Olowolayemo and Oluwakemi Oshinbajo, who allegedly carried out the assault.
This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, and made available to Security Watch Africa (SWA).
It reads “Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Isaac Akinbola, 50 years, and two women namely; Esther Olowolayemo, 29 years and Oluwakemi Oshinbajo, 30 years for assaulting the Pastor’s wife, as a result of which an eigth months old baby, Obadiah Akinbola died in the process.
“The suspects were arrested on the 27th of March, 2022, following a report lodged at Awa Ijebu Divisional headquarters by the Pastor’s wife, one Dasola Akinbola, that she has been having a disagreement with her Pastor husband over his illicit affair with some female members of the church for sometime now, and that the said husband came to her house at Ipinle area of Mamu Ijebu with two women, whom she has been suspecting of having illicit affairs with her husband to beat her up.
“While they were beating her, her eight months old baby, Obadiah Akinbola, fell down while her husband was urging the two women to beat her thoroughly.”
Upon the report, the statement said that the Divisional Police Officer, Awa Ijebu Division, CSP Adewalehinmi Joshua, ordered the arrest of the three suspects, while the woman and her baby were taken to Mamu Ijebu Health Center for medical care.
It added “The woman and the baby were later referred to Blessed Hospital, Oru Ijebu where it was discovered that the baby had internal injury which he sustained when he fell down from his mother’s hands during the scuffle.
“The child gave up the ghost on the 28th of March, 2022 while receiving treatment as a result of the internal injury.
“The remains of the child has been deposited at the General Hospital, Ijebu Igbo mortuary for autopsy,” it stated.
The statement said that the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation with the view of arraigning them in Court as soon as investigation is concluded.