See Why Jealous Stepmother Kills Stepdaughter

A woman identified as Aminat Akanni has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly abducting two of her stepchildren, Lateef, 7 and Nofisat, 4.

Aminat killed one of the children, four-year-old Nofisat by pushing her into a soakaway pit.
She was said to have carried out the horrible act to punish her husband, Moshood Mubo who refused to buy Sallah clothes for her son, Punch reports.

The step-mother Aminat Akanni

Sharing his ordeal, Moshood said he married Aminat who has one son, Yusuf for him, in 2010 and rented a separate apartment for her in Orile area of Lagos to avoid crisis at home.
“What happened was that on the evening of Friday, October 3, when I returned from work- just a day to the Sallah celebrations- I sent the two children to go buy biscuits in front of the street. That was around 7pm. We expected them till around 9pm. I was shocked. I quickly rushed to the Adeniji Adele Police Division, and reported the incident.

"We were walking around throughout the night from one police division to the other, repeating the same thing. The whole Sallah celebration was a sad one as I looked for my two children. Little did I know that it was my second wife who sneaked into our area to abduct them,” he said.

It was six days later, a friend called to say she saw one of the missing children with Aminat around CMS Bus Stop, Lagos Island and the police was invited.
They trailed her movement and later arrested her.

Upon interrogation, she confessed to have committed the crime saying she sneaked into the area where Moshood lives with his first wife and asked the two kids to follow her to Orile.
She further confessed to have also killed the younger, child, Nofisat, by pushing her into soakaway beside a mosque in the Orile area.

Aminat claimed her husband was not taking care of her and had refused to buy Sallah clothes for her son and so she decided to punish him.
The mother of the two children, Funmilayo said: “Aminat killed my daughter. She made us to have a sorrowful Sallah. We were running around police stations. She said she wanted to punish me and my husband because she was having issues with us. So, why did she not come after us, why after my two children?”

Confirming the incident, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said the corpse of Nofisat was recovered by the Orile Division and investigation revealed she died a sudden and unnatural death.

He added that Aminat was now in police custody and the case has now been transferred to the Orile Division for further synchronisation and action.