Shocking! Dead Child Found Mutilated In Hospital; Doctor Denies Involvement, Accuse Parents Of Mutilating Their Own Baby’s Corpse.

The hospital

A medical Doctor who was arrested on Sunday by the Nigerian Police over child mutilation offence has denied being involved in such act.

Dr Babawale Joshua who owns Ajike Medical Centre located at No 11, Adeyemi Street, Saka, Sango Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, was arrested on Sunday after the corpse of a 13-month old baby was discovered to have been mutilated in his hospital.

Parts of the boy’s corpse mutilated included his eyes, tongue, lips, ears, private part, nails, the left hand and veins.

According to the Police PPRO, Dr Babawale said when the boy died in his hospital, his corpse was taken away by the parents.

“He also said the corpse was later brought back to the hospital for the death certificate but the nurse they met did not know the baby’s body had been mutilated. He said the baby’s corpse was mutilated by his parents that took it away. That was his defence which he will put up tomorrow.”

The Police said: “The 13-month-old baby, Kingsley Ole, who was Mr. Obinna Ole’s son, had been on admission at the hospital for an ailment before he eventually gave up the ghost at 7.30pm on Saturday, in the said hospital.

“The story became astonishing when the father, Mr. Obinna Ole, went to claim the corpse of his late baby and discovered that the eyes, tongue, lips, ears, the private part, nails and the left hand veins had been removed.

In a sharp reaction to Dr Babawale’s claim that the corpse was taken away and brought back to the hospital, father of the dead child, Mr Obinna Oleh said: 

“I did not take my baby’s corpse away. The doctor is lying. It is merely a ploy to deceive the police in their investigation.

“When I got to the hospital and discovered our son was dead, I wrapped him with a cloth, kept him on the bed, after which I left. How is it possible for me to take the corpse and return it?

“From our findings, we discovered that people have been dying in that hospital; pregnant women and babies in particular.”

He, however, expressed regrets over his decision to take his baby to the hospital. This, he explained, was as a result of the unbearable temperature the baby developed at about 4 a.m. He said: 

“We decided to rush him to the hospital because it was the only one around and also not to take chances.”

He, therefore, called on the Police to carry out a post-mortem report on the baby to ascertain the cause of his death, alleging that his death could have been caused by the hospital.

The matter has been transferred to the State CID.