Men of the Oyo State Police Command are currently investigating the circumstances which led a 10-year-old-girl, Kudirat Raji, to commit suicide.
The girl, who resided with her sister at No 19 Bumoye Street, Benjamin area, Eleyele, Ibadan, was said to have taken her life on June 26, at their residence.
The command's Public Relations Officer, DSP Olabisi Okuwobi, who confirmed the incident in Ibadan, on Friday, said that the husband of the girl's sister, who also resided with them, reported the incident at Eleyele Police Station.
She said the deceased was sent on an errand within the house, but when they could not see her, she was searched for before she was seen where she hanged herself.
Photo:Ogbonaya Onovo IG of Police
The 10-year-old girl was said to have hanged herself with a rope tied on the window burglary.
According to the PPRO, police detectives, led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr. S.T. Yusuf, were sent to the scene, while the incident is still being investigated.
Meanwhile, two people, Mamman Maidabo and Usman Umaru from Igbeti, have been arrested for allegedly stealing six cows from Kara Cattle market in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The police imagemaker said, on Sunday, that the suspects were arrested on June 19, following a report by one Mukaila Oluyemi on behalf of the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, who reported the theft of the cows from the market.
