A middle-aged mother who had recently returned from Oman was detained for reportedly dumping her two daughters into a well in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State.
According to reports, Omowumi urged her children Darasimi, 8, and Nimisire, 5, to follow her to a well in the city's Ibuaje neighborhood, where she grabbed both of them and threw them into the well.
“The police have arrested the woman after the incident. The woman told the mob that she was frustrated. She is mentally unwell. She just returned from Oman.'' a resident said
The state fire service's spokesman, Ibrahim Adekunle, confirmed the event and said that efforts are being made to rescue the children from the well.
Police spokesperson Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident, saying “the woman is suspected to be of unsound mind.”