A 56-year-old doctor, Salahudeen Jamiu, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly carrying out an abortion that led to the death of a pregnant house wife.
The suspect, DAILY POST learnt, was arrested following a report by the husband of the deceased at Onipanu division that he received a call from one Dupe Odebunmi, who claimed to be a nurse that his wife, kehinde Olakitan was sick and on admission at Mojisola Maternity Clinic, belonging to the suspect.
He stated further that on getting to the clinic, he found nobody there, but on his way back home, he discovered the corpse of his wife in front of a building close to his house.
“Upon the report, the DPO Onipanu division, SP Magdalene Adeniji, detailed her detectives to launch a serious manhunt for the Operator of the maternity centre. Their efforts yielded positive result when the suspect was arrested on the 24th of October 2019,” a statement by the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said.
On interrogation, Oyeyemi said the suspect admitted carrying out an abortion on the deceased who was brought to him by her friend, one Dupe Odebunmi, and that the deceased, a mother of four, died in the process.
The suspect was said to have confessed further that it was out of fear that he dumped Olakitan’s corpse in the frontage of a house close to the woman’s residence.
The corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the General Hospital, Ota mortuary for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, had ordered the transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution.
Makama also appealed to members of the public to always patronise qualified health providers whenever the need arises instead of seeking medical assistance from quacks and unqualified practitioners.
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Na wa o!
ReplyDeleteLegalise abortion so women can have access to safe abortion.
DeleteCriminalizing abortion will not stop or reduce it but at least it will be safe.
Sad
ReplyDeleteHouse wife abortion. RIP
ReplyDeleteSad story.
ReplyDeleteBut what was a married woman going to do abortion for?
Why should a woman abort a baby in the first place?
There might be two angles to this.
DeleteIt's either she got pregnant from an away match and wanted to save herself from shame,
Or she didn't want a fifth child with her hubby to reasons best known to her.
It's really a sad case.
And that her friend Dupe should be questioned thoroughly.
@Reina
DeleteThere are so many of these kinds of women on these blog
So why play away match in the first place?
If you do not want a fifth child, do contraception
or give birth to the child and give up for adoption.
A lot of Dupes on this blog do give women these kinds of advice and
lead them to early deaths.
This is what happens when abortions are made illegal. It makes women who need/want abortions be at the mercy of quacks who are out for a quick buck and not healthcare.
ReplyDeleteMany people think it's "wayward" girls whoo get most of the abortions in Nigeria, but it's married women who do. Ask around. NGOs who do reports on these things have the same result, married women, who are pregnant for their husbands who simply do not want another child are the main people seeking abortions.
Gbam!
DeleteAnonymous 10: 54 legslise killing?
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm why will they give license to a quack Doctor in the first place? I just pity her kids. See me here begging God for one and yet some people have and abort them.....
ReplyDeleteBetter she had gotten her tube tied after the fourth pregnancy. Abortions on their own are not complicated, you could even do one at home by yourself with a couple pills. This woman was probably over three months pregnant and this is when it starts getting tricky, when that first trimester has been passed. Get your tubes tied if you are not financially well off and already have multiple children. Vasectomies should also be encouraged to married men with multiple children, especially those who have no financial security.
ReplyDeleteAwww! So sad. May her soul rest in peace.
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