An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday sent for the psychiatric evaluation of a nursing mother, Oluwafunmilola Adisa, suspected of killing her baby.
Magistrate (Mrs) K. O. Doja-Ojo remanded Adisa, 22, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), following an application by the Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD).
The OPD is representing the suspect pro bono.
Its Director, Dr. Babajide Martins, applied that Adisa be sent to and remanded at LASUTH “for psychiatric evaluation to help determine the state of her mental health.”
He based his application on Section 217 (3) of Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL), 2015.
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Magistrate Doja-Ojo granted the prayer and adjourned till June 26, for the outcome of the tests.
Adisa is suspected by the police to have drowned her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Oluwanifemi, in a bucket of water because she prevented her from gaining admission into Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU).
According to report, a 22-year-old Adisa Funmilola drowned the one-year and six months old baby inside a bucket of water in her apartment in Lagos then reported herself to the Police.
After being interrogated by the police, Funmilola revealed that her baby deprived her of actualising her dream of becoming a lawyer, explaining that she was impregnated by one Yusuf Folarin, while both were attending a JAMB class at City of Success in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Martins said the OPD is representing Adisa in line with its statutory responsibility of providing free legal service for the indigent and vulnerable.
He said OPD came to her rescue by providing free legal representation and ensuring that the suspect was timely moved from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti to the Federal Psychiatric Hospital, Oshodi as an outpatient pending her arraignment for further judicial action.
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