The death of 20 year old National Diploma (ND) Science Laboratory
Technology (SLT) student of the state owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo,
Wunmi Agbeluyi after a herbalist allegedly helped her to terminate the
pregnancy.
However, detectives in the Ondo State Police command have picked up the
herbalist who allegedly put the deceased in the family way and in a
desperate bid to terminate the pregnancy gave her some concoction to
drink in order to flush it down . He is currently being quizzed at the
Special Investigative Bureau (SIB).
Reports from Police detectives indicated that the
deceased who is now an orphan was the daughter of a herbalist. The
suspect, according to findings is an apprentice to the father of the
deceased when he was alive.
gathered that the suspect has been showing interest in the deceased
before her father’s death but was hindered because the late father
disapproved of the relationship.
But when the father later died,
the suspect walked his way into the heart of the deceased and a
relationship ensued and he begin to fend for her. Some years into the
relationship, the unexpected reportedly happened and the suspect
reportedly prepared a concoction for his lover to terminate the unwanted
pregnancy.
It was gathered that the lovers agreed that they were
not ready to be parents hence the option of an abortion. The deceased
was said to have taken the concoction and after some days she develop-ed
severe abdominal pain. Sensing that trouble was knocking at his door,
the suspect was said to have rushed her to a private hospital where the
doctor who was recently picked up and
quizzed by detectives helped them to evacuate the remnants of the pregnancy.
After the flushing by the doctor in the private hospital, her persistent complaint of abdominal pain made the suspect
to relocate her to the State general hospital where she later gave up
the ghost. While all these were happening the deceased did not confide
in her sister (Funke ). A friend by name Omololu reportedly informed her
that the deceased was admitted to the state hospital after which she
rushed there to meet her sister in pain.
The deceased according to sources informed her sister that the
suspect gave her a concoction to drink and that the pain started since
then. The suspect reportedly told Funke that Wunmi was rushed to the
hospital when she
complained of abdominal pain. He did not disclose to her that he gave her concoction in a bid to terminate her pregnancy.
However, reports had it that the lovers also did not open up for the
doctors that attended to her at the State hospital until she gave up
the ghost. Vanguard gathered that it was after she died and taken back
to Ijare for burial that the cause of her untimely death was exposed.
Some
sympathisers informed the deceased’s sister what actually happened
before the suspect rushed the deceased to a private hospital where the
remnants of the pregnancy were flushed out and was referred to the state
hospital where she later died when the pain did not subside.
Funke
and other family members reported the matter to the traditional of
Ijare- Olujare of Ijare who advised them to lodge a complaint with the
Police. The suspect and the medical doctor were later picked up and
detained. Speaking withVanguard, the sister Funke said that the deceased
was the last born of the family.
According to he
“it was a friend called Omololu who informed me that my sister has been
admitted in the State specialist hospital and was critically ill. “ I
rushed to the hospital to meet my sister in pain complaining of stomach
ache. She insisted that the doctors should not give her injection or
drips as prescribed.
“While we were in the hospital Wunmi refused to disclose why she was
given the concoction. According to her, the deceased later died in the
hospital and was buried on Sunday in Ijare. “It was after the burial
that people came to me and narrated what really happened to my sister
“I
informed the family members and we reported the matter to the Olujare
of Ijare who asked us to lodge a formal complaint with the Police. “I
was informed that someone gave her concoction to abort the pregnancy but
when she complained of abdominal pain, she was rushed to the hospital
“I was later informed that the doctor in the private hospital billed
them N25,000 and an initial deposit of N20,000 was paid. It was the
doctor that helped them to flush out the remnants of the pregnancy.
“But
when the pains persisted I learnt she was rushed to the specialist
hospital where she later died. “Funke said the family would want justice
to be done and pleaded that the police should not sweep the matter
under the carpet. “We will pursue the matter to a logical conclusion and
those behind the death of our last born should be made to face the
music”, she said.
