Detectives from the Criminal investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) of the Ondo State Police Command are probing the cause of death of a middle aged woman, Florence Aladenoye, who was reported to have been bitten by a dog.
Sources said the incident occurred last week at Alade-Idanre community.
The dog was owned by a resident, Olafingbesote Afolabi, who is in police custody.
The victim was reportedly rushed to the Federal Medical Centre(FMC), Owo, where all attempts made by the medical personnel to save her life proved abortive.
The incident was said to have been reported at the Alade- Idanre Police Post, where the Divisional Officer (DO) led a team of homicide detectives to the scene of the incident and arrested Afolabi.
The suspect was said to have told the police that the dog belonged to her and that she did not immunise it.
Police spokesman Mr. Wole Ogodo, said the victim was rushed to the hospital shortly after the dog bit her, but was confirmed dead after all efforts by the doctors to save her life were unsuccessful.
He confirmed the arrest of the dog owner, adding that the police had taken his statement, just as he said the remains of the deceased had been deposited at Alade-Idanre General Hospital Mortuary for postmortem examination.
Ogodo warned that dogs and other domestic animals must be immunised.