Police detain four-month-old baby, mother over electrocution of welder

The police in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have detained a mother, Idiot Ajisebutu, and her four-month-old baby over the electrocution of a welder.
The welder, according to sources, died while working in Ajisebutu’s hair dressing salon.
She was subsequently arrested and is still being detained at Igbogbo Police Station in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
But Ajisebutu’s husband, Segun, has said his wife and kid are being detained unjustifiably.
He said: “I received a call from my wife last week Monday, April 4th, that someone came to reconnect her electricity in her hairdressing shop but the man was electrocuted in the process of re-connecting the electrical line.
“She told me that one Mr. Emmanuel, a welder who also has a shop in the area, ordered that her electricity in her shop be disconnected because she was owing N2,000 electricity bill.
“She told me that she later paid N1,000 and Mr. Emmanuel told his apprentice, one Chris, that he should go to my wife’s shop to reconnect her electricity.
“The apprentice, Chris, was reconnecting the electricity when suddenly he was electrocuted.
“My wife raised alarm and people in the area ran to her shop and saw the corpse.
“She was advised to report the electrocution to the police and she went to the Igbogbo Police Station at Ikorodu and reported the unfortunate death.
“The police took her statement and went ahead to detain her with our four months old baby boy.
“The police kept my wife and our four months old son in the cell for five days.
“On  Saturday, April 9th, they were transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department at Panti Yaba, where she is still being held over the death of Chris.”
Segue said the family of Chris wants N2 million compensation and that policemen at SCID are maltreating his wife.
He added: “While my wife was still being held at the Igbogbo Police Station, the family of Chris came to the station and they demanded for N2 million as compensation for the victim so they can drop the case.
“My wife told them that she does not have such amount.
“That was how the police at Igbogbo Station transferred the case to Homicide Unit,   SCID, Panti, Yaba.
“The police at Igbogbo Division handed her over to officers at Homicide Unit Panti to be detained in their cell, but when the officers at the Counter tried to take her baby from her, she wept that she should be released as she has nothing to do with the electrocution.
“Moreover, she was the person that reported the electrocution to police.
“As she was pleading and holding on to her child, the policemen started beating her up.
“They slapped her and forcefully collected her baby and handed him over to my sister-in-law to take the baby home.”