Policemen led by the Divisional Police Officer of the Idimu Division, Lagos State Police Command, CSP Agatha Eze, have arrested a driver, Tayo Arowolo, for allegedly brutalising his girlfriend’s six-year-old sister, identified simply as Maria, in the Idimu area of the state.
Investigative journalist, Deji Lambo, who disclosed this in a report on Friday, March 7, 2025, said that Arowolo, his girlfriend, Adejoke, and the victim were at home when he decided to teach the minor her homework.
During the exercise, his girlfriend stepped out of the apartment to attend to some tasks and while teaching the minor, the 33-year-old driver said he observed that she was not comprehending what he was teaching.
Angered by the development, Arowolo said he used a belt and slippers to beat the six-year-old, adding that she sustained injuries during the assault.
“I was arrested because I beat the six-year-old girl named Maria who lives with me. Maria is not my biological child. She is the lastborn of my wife’s family. We went to the village in Ikire, Osun State, to bring her to Lagos State,” Arowolo said.
“I was teaching her the assignment she got from school but when she did not understand what I was teaching her, I became angry and started beating her. I never knew I had injured her that much. It was a belt and slippers I used to beat her.
“It was the next day I realised she sustained injuries and when I saw the injuries, I felt bad and quickly bought drugs for her. The police arrested me yesterday.”
Arowolo said his pregnant girlfriend was not involved in the assault, adding that he regretted his action.
“This is not the first time I am helping her with her homework and whenever I am teaching her and she is not getting it, I will just assist her to finish quickly so I can go out. But on that day, I was not going out, so I became angry when she was not getting what I was teaching her and beat her,”
“I regret my actions when I saw the impact of the injury she sustained and I will never do such again. I don’t have a child yet, but my girlfriend is pregnant with my firstborn.”
Asked if he would perpetrate such a crime if Maria were to be his biological child, Arowolo remained speechless.
