Retired lecturer drowns two year-old stepdaughter over sex

The Oyo state Police command has arrested Pa AyoolaOyesiji, a 62 year-old retired lecturer for drowning his two year-old stepdaughter in a bucket of water. The incidence was said to have occurred at Atipe area of Ibadan on Friday evening, November 16. It was as a result of quarrel that ensured between the man and his 22 year-old wife, Barakat Akeem, over sex. Barakat who is currently nursing a two month-old baby for the retired lecturer, was said to have given birth to two year-old Aishat before she married Pa Ayoola in December 2011. The woman lived in the man’s family house at Atipe area, and the man used to come there to visit and to carry out his conjugalduties.However, things were saidto have gone awry, when the man, who came to his wife on Friday, approached her for sex, and the woman refused, claimingthat her baby was still young, in addition to the fact that she was in her menstruation.Pa Oyesiji, who was said to have retired from the University of Ilorin in June, reportedly got infuriated and tried to pull his wife back into the room, but the woman fled, dropping her wrapper in the process. Her two-year-old daughter, Aishat Mohammed, was said to be sleeping in the room then with her two-month-old baby being tended by a neighbour.Thewoman reportedly raised the alarm which made neighbours torush out of their rooms.She pleaded with them to help her bring her daughter, Aishat, out ofthe room where her husband had remained. However, their attempts to do so proved abortive as Pa Oyesiji refused to open the door, a development that resulted in the neighbours forcing it open.After a quick scan through the room, the little girl could not be located.This development got themother and the neighbours agitated over what could have befallen her. However, they were shocked when they later discovered the body of Aishat in a half-filled bucket of water in the unlit room.As the news spread in the neighbourhood, an irate mob was said to have descended on the retired lecturer with differentobjects, beating him almost to the point of death, until he was rescued by a team of policemen from Agugu Division. Though he admitted that he was drunk, Pa Oyesiji disclosed that he only wanted to prevent the girl from running about, by putting her in a bucket, adding that he did not know that the bucket contained water.When reminded that the baby was already asleep when he reportedly picked her from where she was, the man could not put up any further defence. It was learnt that the police wereyet to inform the man about the girl’s death, so that he would not harm himself.He was also taken to a private hospital for treatment of the injuries he sustained in his eye during the mob action. Oyesiji, a holder of MBBS degree, also lectured at the University of Ibadan before transferring his services to the University of Ilorinin 1996.Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of administration, Mr. Clement Adoda, confirmed the story, saying that the remains of the girl had been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy. He added that the case would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku for further investigations.