removes Eyes, Tongue, Private Part
LAGOS — The Ogun State
Police Command, Sunday, said it has arrested one Dr. Babawale Joshua who owned
Ajike Medical Centre at 11, Adeyemi Street, Saka, Sango Ota, for suspected
ritual activities and disrespect to the corpse of a 13-month-old baby who died
in his hospital, Saturday.
According the Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, Mr Muyiwa Ogunjobi, the police
discovered that the boy’s corpse was mutilated. He told Vanguard
that the eyes, tongue, two lips, two ears, private part, nails and the
left hand and veins were cut off at the hospital.
Father’s account
In his account of what
happened, the child’s father, identified as Obinna Oleh, a 35-year-old auto
spare part dealer at Ladipo market, from Umunze village in AnambraState, said:
“On Friday the 7th of June, my child took ill, my wife joined me to rush him to
the hospital.
“The next day, being
Saturday, I came to see them at the hospital in the morning before going to my
shop while the child was actually getting better then.
“It was with this hope that
I left for my shop thinking that at least before the end of the day, the child
would have recovered fully.
“But in the afternoon, my
wife called to inform me that the baby’s health had deteriorated, that I should
rush home. When I got here, I met my child in a very critical condition.
“I asked if any medication
had been administered on him and my wife told me that the doctor gave him an
injection that afternoon and that the child’s stomach swelled after the
injection.
“The baby was practically
abandoned by the hospital management in this condition until around 8p.m when
he finally died.
“As we attempted to carry
the corpse, the nurse in charge said we had to clear our bills before we could
take the body away. She also said she needed to call the Medical Director for
the full amount we were to balance before they could release the corpse to us.
“Mind you, we were not owing
them before the baby died. We made some initial deposit prior to the
baby’s admission and treatment. So when the nurse came up with the balance
payment issue, I was not in the mood to argue that with them. I took my wife
and we left, with the intention of returning yesterday morning to clear what
ever bill there was, and take our child for burial.
“Also our pastor advised us
to get a death certificate first before taking the corpse away for burial, so
that we don’t encounter any problems with the police.
“We also needed to inform
our kinsmen here about what happened. These were the reasons why
we left the body of our baby at the hospital till the following morning.
“But yesterday morning, I
was having a meeting with my brothers on how to get a doctor’s report on my
child’s death when the nurse called me to come over to the hospital, that it’s
like they used a spiritual arrow to kill my child. I asked her what she meant
by that. And at same time, followed her to the room where the body was.
“I was shocked to the bones
to find my child’s body in a gory state. His ears were cut off, his private
part, his tongue, his lips, and his eyes were plucked out. I am yet to recover
from the shock of that sight. The police was informed and they came and took
the body away.”
Meantime, when Vanguard
visited the hospital, yesterday, it was under lock and key, having been shut by
the police who confirmed the development.
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