56-year-old Salahudeen
Jamiu, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly
conducting an abortion that killed a housewife identified as Kehinde Olakitan.
A statement from the
command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the deceased, a mother of four,
had gone to Salahudeen’s hospital, Mojisola Maternity Clinic, for an abortion
without the consent of her husband.
During the abortion
procedure by the quack doctor, the deceased suffered a medical emergency and
died.
A friend of hers, Dupe
Odebunmi, who went with her to the hospital, alerted her husband, informing him
that his wife was on admission. However,
before he could get to the hospital, the suspect and his accomplices had
evacuated Kehinde’s body and dumped it at a building near his residence.
Angered by the
development, Olakitan filed a complaint at the Onipanu police station which led
to a manhunt of the fake doctor and his eventual arrest.
“The Divisional Police
Officer (DPO) Onipanu SP Magdalene Adeniji received the complaint and detailed
detectives to track the operator of the maternity centre who was on the run at
the time.
Their efforts yielded
positive result when the suspect was arrested on October 24. He admitted that
he carried out abortion on the woman who was brought by Odebunmi and that in
the process she died.
“He confessed that he
was not a trained medical doctor that he learnt the practice off the street. He
also admitted to have dumped the woman’s body near her house pit of fear.
“The corpse has been
deposited at the General Hospital Mortuary in Ota for autopsy. The Commissioner
of Police Bashir Makama has ordered the transfer of the suspect to homicide
section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID)
for proper action.
“The CP also appealed
to the public to always patronise qualified health providers whenever the need
arises instead of seeking medical assistance from quack.”Oyeyemi said