The Lagos State Government through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, has directed the Lagos State Police Command to investigate the alleged removal of two ladies ovaries by two doctors in Ogun and Lagos States.
This is just as the victims have said that the pains from the extraction done since September last year had prevented them from seeking admission into tertiary institutions Vanguard reported.
The victims, one of who is the daughter of a General Overseer of a Pentecostal church in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos, in a report earlier published in Vanguard, revealed how they were deceived and taken to Redwood hospital in Abeokuta, Ogun state, at different times, by a neighbor they identified as Blessing Adeleke, in September 2022.
In a letter to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, the Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency , urged the Command to ensure the case was adequately investigated and justice served.
The letter read: “We refer Miss. Precious Ikechukwu and Miss. Theresa Obam ages 19 and 17 years old to your office for your kind assistance.
“Miss. Precious Ikechukwu and Miss. Theresa Obam alleged that one of their church member Mrs. Adeleke took them for a surgical Egg Retrieval in River Hood Hospital Abeoukuta and PF Hospital Surulere Lagos without their consent.
“They alleged that Mrs. Adeleke told them that they will be compensated with the sum of 80,000 Naira if they provide their menstruation to the hospital. They alleged that Mrs. Adeleke threatened to kill them if they disclosed the information to anyone.
“They further alleged that the incident occurred in September, 2022. when Mrs. Adeleke took them on different occasions to Abeokuta to begin the process by injecting them and they were given an injection to inject themselves for 14days after which Mrs. Adeleke took them to PF Hospital in Surulere where the surgery of removing their eggs from their ovaries was done.
“Miss. Precious and Miss.Theresa alleged that they have been feeling severe pain in their abdomen after the surgery was done.
“Allegation levelled against Mrs. Adeleke constitutes the offences Unlawful Possession of Human Parts According to Section 238 Punishable Under the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
“In view of this, we urgently seek your assistance in ensuring that the case is adequately instigated and justice served”.
