Doctor, Nurse arrested over death of pregnant woman after abortion

The Ogun State Police command has arrested a medical doctor, Dr, Olawale Raji and a nurse, Olusegun Funmilayo for carrying out an abortion that led to the death of a 35-year-old  woman with two month-old, Aminat Iyanda Atisola. 

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement said the arrest was made on the 26th of July .

Oyeyemi said "their arrest followed a complaint from the the sister of the deceased ,one Bose Kazeem of no 6, ireakari street ,Atan Ota who reported that her deceased sister was two months pregnant and contracted the service of the two suspects who are working in a private hospital for the abortion of the pregnancy.

"She stated further that the suspects carried out the unlawful act right inside the house of the deceased.

"Trouble started when the deceased started having complications shortly after the abortion and she was rushed to the Federal Medical Center Abeokuta for treatment but died 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.

"The corpse of the 35year- old deceased has been deposited at the general hospital morgue for post mortem examination.

"Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police CP Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the suspects be transferred to Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for proper investigation and prosecution.

"He equally warned that abortion remains an unlawful act and whoever is caught engaging in it without any medical justification will have the law of the land to contend with.

"The CP further appealed to members of the public to always seek lawful professional advice on any health related issue".