Nigeria Nurse pull off baby's hand during delivery

An auxiliary nurse, identified only as Oyekanmi, has been arrested by the police for her role in the death of a baby she took delivery of in the Odogunyan, Ikorodu area of Lagos State

 

 

the baby's mother, Adeola, had been taken to Oyekanmi’s residence last Saturday when she went into labour : Oyekanmi, while attempting to force the delivery, was said to have pulled off the baby’s hand 

 

 

She was said to have advised that the child be taken to the Ikorodu General Hospital, where the dead child was finally delivered 

 

 

Doctors at the hospital were reported to have queried the baby’s parents on what truly transpired, and they opened up : The hospital management then alerted the police to the incident. A source said Oyekanmi was picked up by the police 

 

 

The source said, “What happened was that the auxiliary nurse tried to deliver the woman of the baby, during which there was a complication. But she continued and in the end, the hand of the baby was pulled off while she tried to force the child out from the mother’s womb 

 

 

Afterwards, they quickly packed the woman together and brought her to the general hospital. It had become a critical case by then. The remains of the dead child were brought out, while the matter was reported to the police