Ibadan: Court remands hospital owner for causing pregnant woman’s death
The Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Friday, ordered the remand of a hospital owner, Dupe Ademuyiwa, 48, for allegedly causing the death of a pregnant woman through surgery.
Ms Ademuyiwa, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with murder.
The magistrate, Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take her plea for want of jurisdiction.
Ms Osho said she needed advice from the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She said the defendant should be kept in the Agodi correctional facility, Ibadan, pending the DPP’s advice.
The magistrate adjourned the case until April 23 for mention.
The prosecutor, Insp Olalekan Adegbite, had told the court that Ms Ademuyiwa committed the offence on February 23 and 24.
Mr Adegbite alleged that the defendant, who owns a hospital in Koloko Olopometa, Ibadan, caused the death of one pregnant Shakirat Akinlade, 45, by unlawfully carrying out surgery on her.
The prosecutor said the offence contravened section 316 of the Criminal Laws of Oyo State, 2000.
(NAN)
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