Akwa Ibom Police command said it has arrested one Sunday Okon Akpan, a fake medical practitioner at Full Life Medical Centre in Ikot Obio Odong village, Ibesikpo Asutan for alleged illegal abortion that resulted in the death of a woman.
DSP Timfon John, the comman’s Public Relations Officer in a statement issued on Thursday said the arrest was made following report made by a woman (name withheld) that her daughter, Blessing Sunday Etim, had gone to work at Full Life Medical Centre but had not returned.
John said a co-tenant to the deceased narrated how the victim’s employer (fake doctor), attempted to secretly enter the deceased’s room to dump her body. When confronted, he dropped the corpse and fled the scene.
She said upon arrival, detectives observed a premature foetus exiting the victim’s private part. A subsequent investigation led to the arrest of the suspect, Sunday Okon Akpan, a resident of Afaha Offiong village in Nsit Ibom.
She said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim died from a suspected illegal abortion performed by the accused. Further inquiries exposed that the suspect, who owns and operates the Full Life Medical Centre, is not a licensed medical doctor or a nurse, but rather a community health practitioner. It is believed that he used the facility to perform illegal medical services and abortions. The health center had since been deserted.”
The PPRO said the body of the deceased has been deposited at a morgue for preservation and an autopsy adding that investigation is ongoing.
