A Nigerian couple, Arinola 33, and Olalekan
Olawusi were arrested in Providence, Rhode
Island, US on Monday, April 3 and arraigned
in court on a felony charges of child
neglect, first and degree child abuse.
Providence Journal reports that early
Monday afternoon, the frantic father called
911 and said his child was dying. Three-
month-old Tobiloba Olawusi wasn’t
breathing and didn’t have a pulse, police
say, but Providence firefighters resuscitated
the baby in their rush to Hasbro Children’s
Hospital.
That’s where the medical staff found the
baby had old and new injuries — bite marks
and a fractured skull, broken ribs, arms and
legs, said Special Assistant Attorney
General Shannon Signore, chief of the
office’s child abuse unit.
The baby’s mother, Arinola told the police
that her husband, bit the baby and pulled
his legs to “make him grow and strong,”
Whether the child will survive remains to be
seen. The baby’s prognosis was still
uncertain on Tuesday, Signore said.
The Olawusis were arraigned Tuesday
afternoon, April 4th, exactly 24 hours after
police were called by the hospital to
investigate. Arinola Olawusi was arraigned
in Family Court on a felony charge of child
neglect. Olalekan Olawusi was arraigned in
District Court on charges of first- and
second-degree child abuse.
A judge set bail at $40,000 with surety for
Olalekan and ordered him to surrender his
Nigerian passport. The family has been
living at 49 Constitution St., in the city’s
West End. Both parents are ordered not to
have any contact with the baby.
The state Department of Children, Youth
and Families has been involved with the
baby since birth, said spokesman Denis
Riel. An older sibling is already in foster
placement with a relative, he said.
DCYF is investigating the circumstances
around the case and conducting an internal
review, Riel said.
Riel said a caseworker can have contact
with a family in state care once a month,
according to national standards, but there is
also a network of community-based
providers involved with the family.
There was no formal complaint about the
baby’s care, Riel added
A caseworker was assigned to the family,
however there was no information released
about how often the family was visited or
what services were recommended.
Arinola Olawusi self-published a book — “A
to Z Ways to Achieve Your Goals In Life” —
which lists her biography as a motivational
speaker who is “involved with helping
pregnant and worried women and their
children.” She wrote that she and her
husband, Olalekan Olawusi, are “blessed
with a loving son.”
The jacket says, “She is very passionate
about knowledge and information along with
motivating and encouraging the hurting.”

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