About 23 young ladies who wanted their unwanted pregnancies terminated,
have reportedly died after they drank some herbal abortion concoction
from a native home in Delta State, LeadershipNg reports.
Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, the state police commissioner, who confirmed the
discovering of the illegal home, said no fewer than 23 females whose
unwanted pregnancies were terminated, died after drinking the
concoction.
He explained that the detectives arrested the operators who were mainly
native doctors and quack nurses and upon interrogation, confessed to the
crime. The home is located around Ugborikoko in Uvwie local government
area.
The suspects claimed they were trained in traditional medicine,
especially in the use of concoction to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
One of their victims, a 22-year-old house-help in the area,
identified as Endurance, recently died as a result of abortion she had
performed at the home.
It was learnt that the victim took ill and was rushed back to the
quack home where she died as a result of complications from the abortion
she allegedly carried out in the abortion centre.
A test conducted on her death by medical experts showed that she was
pregnant and attempted to abort it at the hands of the native doctors
and quack nurses in the home.
One of the suspects, the police boss disclosed, identified as Ufuoma
had made useful statements, adding that the police recovered different
bottles with concoction and charms tied around sticks including locally
made guns.
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