The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed that the 17-year-old girl, Omowunmi Aduloju, who stabbed her aunt to death is mentally ill.
Recall that the deceased, Funmilayo Adelayi, a staff of the Ondo State Ministry of Finance, was found dead in her apartment at Premier Estate, in Oda area of Akure on Sunday, March 17, 2024.
Wumi, as she is simply called, was later arrested by the police where she confessed to have stabbed her aunt to death on the 13th of March 2024.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who confirmed the development on Sunday, said a medical report from the psychiatric hospital where she was treated confirmed that the suspect was mentally sick.
The sister on arrival peeped through the window and saw the body on the floor, hence police was informed.
“The corpse at a decomposing state was removed for preservation.
“The teenager was later arrested by the Police and was interrogated on what happened to her foster mother. The suspect said she stabbed and locked her up in the house because she was always disturbing her to use her medication.
“Family members claimed the young girl had been under her late aunt’s tutelage since she was six years old, but developed mental illness in 2023, and was admitted at a psychiatric hospital in the state.
“The hospital treated and discharged the young girl and handed her over to the deceased aunt for onward monitoring.
“The psychiatric hospital where she was treated confirmed this claim and provided the police with her medical history,’’ Odunlami-Omisanya stated.
She added that the teenager had been taken into protective custody at a police medical facility
