An undergraduate student who died trying to commit an abortion

TONGUES are wagging in Ijare,
Ifedore council area of Ondo state
over 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.
Vanguard 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 with Vanguard,
the sister Funke said that the
deceased was the last born of the
family.
According to her, “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.
Contacted, the Police Image Maker
Femi Joseph said the suspect is in
police custody. Joseph assured that
the matter was still under
investigation and findings would be
made public.