To force divorce, father poisons 41-day-old daughter

An only child, Zainab Olajide, has been used as pawn by her dad, Kazeem Olajide, in a desperate attempt to divorce his wife. The move was made at 7am on Friday at Toluwalase Estate, Ijoko-Abule, Lemod, Ogun State. Abosede Ogundare, the
mother, had left her with Kazeem to sweep the compound only to come back to meet her foaming and found a bottle of pesticide with Kazeem.

Zainab eventually died. Kazeem was handed over to policemen at the Agbado Police Division after he confessed to the crime. A neighbor said Kazeem had been threatening to divorce his wife before the baby’s death. .

Their landlord also said Kazeem had denied being Zainab’s father prior to the incident. Kazeem insists that he was vigorously pushed to commit the murder by the devil… n he fell due to d lack of stamina…..