Owner of Killer Dog Arrested in Osogbo

By Adenitan Akinola

The police in Osun State say they have arrested the owner of the dog that attacked a woman and killed her baby in the Ido-Osun area of the state.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs Yemisi Opalola gave the information during a telephone chat with Radio Nigeria in Osogbo.

Mrs Opalola who refused to disclose the details of the dog owner maintained that he would be prosecuted after due investigation.

Recalled that residents of Zone E, Unity Estate, Halleluyah Area in Ido-Osun, Osun State, were on Wednesday thrown into mourning when a dog suddenly attacked a nursing mother, Nafisat Muhideen from behind and mauled her five-month-old baby to death.

The deceased baby, Maryam, was mauled to death by the dog, which was said to have been let loose in a house facing the road that Nafisat had passed.

Speaking with journalists in Osogbo, the bereaved mother of the baby said she gave birth to the baby when she was told about the death of her elder brother five months ago.

She said she was on her way to buy drugs for the deceased who was suffering from catarrh when the dog attacked her.

Mrs Muhideen further explained the dog jumped on her from behind and forced out the baby, whom she strapped to her back before it mauled her till she died.

“My baby had catarrh earlier and I contracted the flu from her. I went out backing my baby to get drugs for her and get flu drugs for myself too because I was feeling headache.”

“When I was out to get drugs, I heard a sound from behind, and by the time I turned around to check, a dog jumped me from behind,” she said.

“It dragged the baby off my back and was mauling her. I ran around calling for help but no one was around to help rescue her. I threw stones at the dog but it refused to leave the baby. It kept attacking her.”

“Later, some residents of the area showed up and attempted to get the baby from the dog but they could not. The dog did not leave her until it was killed. The remains of the baby facing the ground were retrieved from under the dog.”

“What pain me most was that I gave birth to Maryam, the day I was informed about the death of my elder brother who died five months ago. It was a forced labor”, the distraught mother recounted.

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