A pregnant lady who was in the process of giving birth passed on today after she was supposedly deferred by police for not wearing a face cover in the Ogun local government area of Ogun state.
As indicated by reports, the perished, Waidat Adedeji, started giving birth and was being hurried on a cruiser by one of her kids to the Ita-Otu General medical clinic when they were halted by police at Sowore checkpoint. The police asked why they were not wearing face masks and furthermore not complying with the social distancing order of the state government.
# Pregnant Woman In Labour.
It was gathered that the policemen allegedly delayed the motorcyclist for hours before they were later released. The woman reportedly died some minutes after.
Young people in the territory reprimanded the police for her demise. As a method of dissent, they took her body and dumped it at the Abigi Divisional Police Headquarters.
Affirming the occurrence to Tribune, the representative of the state police order, Abimbola Oyeyemi, denied the case that police caused the pregnant lady’s passing.
“Our officers were not responsible for the pregnant woman’s death. There were three occupants on a motorcycle as against the directive of the state government that only two people should occupy a motorcycle at a time. They were stopped and interrogated on why they did not obey the sit at home order. They informed the police that the woman was being conveyed to hospital for delivery, and having noticed that the woman was in pains, our men allowed them to proceed,” he said
# Pregnant Woman In Labour.
