Mrs. Sinmiat Omowumi Ogunbanjo, a mother of four was on Sallah day, battered by her husband after she refused to take custody of a baby delivered by her husband’s mistress, P.M News reports.Jimmy Omotalabo Ogunbanjo, 40, a staff of Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Abeokuta, Ogun State, came home with a two-year old child and informed Omowumi that the baby was the result of his affair with his mistress in Abeokuta.
According to P.M. News, he told her that he brought the child to her to nurse because the mistress could not take proper care of the baby. Omowumi asked him to return the baby to the mother because she was not ready to nurse or take custody of the baby. Several family members, including her mother-in-law, Ganiyat Ogunbanjo pleaded with her to take custody of the baby but she refused.