Three generations of a family have died during the delivery of a baby in the most bizarre manner.
Mother & daughter - Edith and Elizabeth
How three generations of a family have died during the delivery of a baby has continued to perplex investigators and residents of a Lagos community.
It was learnt that one Dr. Bosun Owolabi, was contacted when 34-year old Edith Ororobi, went into labour to give birth to her first child ever. The doctor went to the house at Bogije Town in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos in the dead of the night.
By the time he was done with the delivery, Edith, her 61-year old mother, Elizabeth Ororobi, who witnessed the procedure, and the newborn baby, were all dead.
Police sources familiar with the case told a correspondent that Owolabi instantly fled the scene only to contact a relation of the victims on the phone and explained how the grandmother, mother and new born baby died.
The relation of the victim, Elizabeth’s younger brother, Jite Tubman, that the Doctor contacted, in his statement to the police, explained that at about 3.14am on May 7, he received a call from a doctor, whom he later learnt was Dr. Owolabi.
“The doctor said my elder sister died of shock after realising that her daughter, Edith, had died during delivery. The father of the dead newborn baby, has travelled out of the country. I later reported the case to the police, who took an ambulance and followed us to the house.”
Police source told a correspondent that by the time they got to the scene, Owolabi, was nowhere to be found.
“The mother was found in a pool of her own blood while the baby was found dead on a bed. The grandmother was also found on the floor lying on her right side. We are still searching for the doctor. The family has even refused to come forward after reporting the case,” the police source said.
When Dr. Owolabi was contact to get his side of this story, he said his lawyer would be in a position to tell the story better. “I don’t want to say what I did not do,” he said.
Asked to explain what actually happened during the delivery and why he was on the run, Dr. Owolabi said, “I am not on the run. That is a lie. I was never arrested and I am not aware that the case is now at Panti (DCI). I cannot say anything further.