Two medical practitioners, including a doctor and a nurse, have been reportedly arrested by the Police operatives in Ogun over the death of a 35-year-old woman that died as a result of complications from an abortion she did.
According to report, the suspects, identified as Dr. Olawale Raji and Nurse Olusegun Funmilayo, currently being detained at the Onipanu Police Division, have now been ordered to be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of Ogun State Police Command by the states Commissioner of Police, Iliyasu Ahmed, following their arrest after a complaint lodged by one Bose Kareem of House No. 6, Ire-akari Street, Atan-Otta, to the effect that her late sister, Aminat Iyanda Atinsola, had contracted the services of the two medical practitioners for termination of her two-month old pregnancy.
It was gathered from the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, that the two suspects, who co-operate a private hospital in the neighborhood, carried out the unlawful act right inside the house of the deceased but trouble started when the deceased started having complications, shortly after the abortion and was being rushed to the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Abeokuta, only to lose the battle for survival on the way.
"On receiving the report, the DPO Onipanu Division, SP Sangobiyi Johnson, led his team of detectives to the scene where the two medical practitioners were promptly arrested", Oyeyemi said.
She added that the corpse of the 35yr old deceased had been deposited at the General Hospital morgue for post mortem examination.
While reacting to the unfortunate incident, CP Iliyasu warned that abortion remained an unlawful act and that whoever was caught engaging in it without any medical justification would have the law of the land to contend with. He further appealed to members of the public to always seek lawful professional advice on any health related issues.
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