Woman Injected To Death By Fake Chemist Who Tried To Help Her With Abortion

Police in Cross river state have paraded a 30-year-old drug dispenser

from Akamkpa Local Government Area, Godswill Umoren, for allegedly

injecting a pregnant woman, Mrs. Uduak Udofia, in an attempt to abort

her pregnancy.





The injection, Southern City

News reports, led to the

death of Mrs. Udofia on

February 11, 2017. Umoren, who claimed to be a chemist, was said have

administered the injection following the advice of the deceased's

husband, Mr. Sunday Udofia. Parading the suspect

alongside 21 other alleged

criminals at the headquarters

of the Cross River State Police

Command in Calabar, the

state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, said that the

administered injection was

meant to terminate the

pregnancy of the deceased. Inuwa said the suspect had

confessed to the crime and

would soon be charged to the

court.



He said, "On February 11, 2017, one Sunday Udofia

reported at Akamkpa

Police Division that a

chemist identified as

Godswill Umoren had, in

a bid to terminate and abort the pregnancy of

his wife, Uduak Udofia,

administered injection

which led to her death.

The suspect has

confessed to the offence and will soon appear in

court." But Umoren, who is an

indigene of Ikot-Ekpene in

Akwa Ibom State, admitted

to administering the injection

despite not being a qualified

health worker. He said, "I was the one that gave

her the injection. Her

husband called me to his

house to examine his

sick wife. I asked her

what happened, she said that she was having

body pain and they

bought drugs for her.

When I gave her the

injection initially, she

did not die. "I am not a medical

personnel, I learnt how

to administer drugs and

inject patients from my

brother who is a doctor.

I only helped her to recover.