‘Satanic’ Landlord In A Brawl With Mother, Kills Tenant’s Three-Month-Old Baby

By Rossie Tam-West

Excessive anger over an issue between a
thirty-five year-old landlord, Oyeinmiebi Selekowei and his mother has landed him in Police net for killing the three-month-old baby of his tenant during a brawl at Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

This is even as the Bayelsa State Government through its Gender Response Initiative Team (GRIT) has indicated readiness to support the legal processes that will lead to the prosecution of the landlord who is currently in detention for culpable homicide.

According to information available to AtlanticNewsonline Selekowei had on September 13, 2021 allegedly killed the three-month-old baby of his tenant, Oscar Pere because the latter tried to rescue a woman believed to be the landlord’s mother from the domestic violence being visited on her by the son.

Information gathered, indicated that the suspect who was angry with the intervention of Pere, had threatened to deal with him.

Pere, in a complaint lodged with GRIT stated that the suspect transferred aggression on him by holding his child upside down and hit the back of the child’s head against the door until the baby died.

It was however gathered, that obviously aware of the consequence of such murderous act on the part of the landlord, several relatives of his, had allegedly mounted pressure on the father of the deceased to settle the matter amicably.

AtlanticNewsonline sources said this situation reportedly led Pere, who is a youth Pastor with the Redeemed Christian of Church of God (RCCG), to disclose that he “has handed the case to God.”

He was quoted to have told officials of GRIT that he did not want to be involved in any case against his child’s killer.
“Let God fight because vengeance belongs to God. I will not want to offend my God by doing things outside His will,” Pere was alleged to have said in his message.

However, officials of GRIT are not ready to allow the case to be swept under the carpet and are ready to press ahead with the legal process since it borders on criminality against the State.

The State Chairman of GRIT, Mrs. Dise Sheila Ogbise speaking on the issue on Wednesday described the act of the suspect as barbaric and a criminal act against the State.

“The prosperity government of Governor Douye Diri has declared zero tolerance to all forms of violence especially gender based violence and this case will not be an exception,” she said.

Also speaking, the head of the legal unit of GRIT, Mrs. Debra Pamosoo said the complaint lodged at the GRIT secretariat by the father of the late child, is criminal in nature and if the alleged offender is found guilty by a competent court of law, the punishment will be a death sentence.

“See Section 319 Criminal Code Of Bayelsa State. It suffices to also say that the alleged offence by the landlord is a breach of the constitutional fundamental right to life of the three months old baby.”

Further checks showed that the suspect is in the custody of the State Criminal Intelligence Department (SCID) of the State Command which is investigating a case of murder against him.

The spokesman of the State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed that the accused landlord is still in the custody of the SCID and the legal department is preparing to charge him to court.”