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