Nigeria, Nov. 24 -- The police in Ogun State have arrested a 42-year-old woman, Temitope Akinola, for allegedly killing her two-day-old granddaughter by poisoning.

Mrs Akinola of Isote area of Shagamu, Ogun State, allegedly fed the infant with an insecticide, Sniper.

Police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Sunday said Mrs Akinola was arrested upon information received by the police in Shagamu division on the death of the child.

He said the suspect was the only person with the child while the baby's mother went to take her bath. The mother returned and met the lifeless body of the baby.

"Upon the information, the DPO Shagamu division, SP Okiki Agunbiade, detailed his detectives to the scene where the killer grandmother w...