A certain Mr. Taiwo Ogunlana, claiming to be a medical doctor and his assistant nurse, Kafayat Oyekola, have today been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly carrying out an illegal abortion on one Miss Kemi Awoniyi.

The self-acclaimed medical doctor claimed to have graduated from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital School of Nursing in 1983 and have worked as a doctor with the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos.

According to reports, he said he was sponsored by the hospital authorities for a Post-Basic Theatre course in 1987 and is presently the proprietor of Amu Medical Clinic registered by the Lagos State Private Hospital Authority, located at 4, Church Street, Dalemo.

“Miss Kemi was brought to me on Monday evening, July 6th to be precise,” Mr. Taiwo said. “It was my nurse, Kafayat who brought her to me,” he noted.

“She has worked with me for about 6 months on internship and all the while, she brings patients to me for abortion which I did successfully, and for every patient she brings, she gets a commission,” he added.

“She told me Kemi had taken some drugs which she said gave her sleepless nights as she had severe abdominal pain for three days.”

“When I examined her, her vagina had a very bad odour due to the protrusion of the foetus which was already dead,” Taiwo added.

“After I treated and cleaned her up, I told her to rest for a while and pay N25, 000 for the treatment before leaving but she said she would have to contact her boyfriend whom I have not met before.”

“She however called her boyfriend while I was there,” he said, “and he asked me to kindly forward my account details to him which I did right away.”

“Sadly, I never got any alert to that effect,” the ‘doctor’ stated. “I treated Kemi before asking her to pay because she was in a very bad state.”

He added that Kemi said she wanted to go home because she was afraid that her father would find out.

“As she stood up, she said she was feeling dizzy and I had to ask her to stay in the hospital. Few minutes later, I realized she was pale so I immediately ordered the nurse to give her two pints of blood and it was in this process we were invaded and summoned for questioning,” he said.

It was gathered that the victim was 6 months pregnant before the abortion was carried out.

Speaking to the court, the nurse said the 31-year-old victim came to her and told her that she was having body pains because of some tablets she used.

“I asked her to come back on Monday which she did and on that day, I realized she smelled awfully.”

“I took her to a doctor in Sango Ota who checked her and discovered that the tablet she took had affected her pregnancy,” the nurse said.

As the story goes, they were both charged to court and charges were leveled against them.

The charge against them reads:

“That you, Taiwo Ogunlana and Kafayat Oyekola, on the 6th day of July 2015 at Oke-odo area of Lagos State, in the Lagos Magisterial District, did unlawfully carry out abortion on one Oluwakemi Awoniyi, aged 31 years and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 145 of the criminal laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.”

They both pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The magistrate, Mr. L.A Layeni, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties each in like sum.

The case was however adjourned till 31st August, 2015 while further investigations will be carried out to confirm if they are both certified medical practitioners.