A self-acclaimed Medical Doctor, Olatide Emmanuel, has been sentenced to death by hanging by Ado Ekiti Division of Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ekiti, the state capital over the killing of a woman.
Penpushing reports that the prosecutor told the court that the 48-year-old defendant who was arraigned in 2025 on a two-count charge bordering on murder and impersonation committed the crime on June, 24, 2019 at Odo Ikole compound, Erinmope Ekiti
“That the defendant, on 24th June, 2019 at Odo Ikole compound, Erinmope Ekiti, did murder one Bosede Falade, and also on June 9, 2019 at Ajebamidele Street, Otun Ekiti did falsely represent himself to be a medical doctor’, the charge read
Penpushing further reports that the prosecutor Kunle-Shina Adeyemo said, the offences are contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The eyewitness, Reverend Omotade, told police that the deceased’s husband had called him to report that his wife had died during childbirth, explaining that on getting to the hospital, he saw the corpse on the stretcher while the self-acclaimed doctor stood beside the stretcher
“On getting to the hospital, I saw the corpse on the stretcher while the self-acclaimed doctor stood beside the stretcher. When I critically examined the body of the deceased, I discovered that the operation was carried out unprofessionally. I later called the police at Otun Ekiti to take over the matter and carry out a full investigation,” he said.
Penpushing also reports that the defendant told the court he had set up a clinic in Erinmope Ekiti in 2019 after completing a nursing apprenticeship in Lagos State, claiming that the deceased was not his patient but came to inform him that she was due for childbirth.
” The deceased was not my patient but came to inform me that she was due for childbirth. After some examination, I informed her and her husband that she would be delivered of the baby through a Caesarean section, and they agreed. The operation was successful with both mother and child alive, but the mother developed complications thereafter and later died’, he said.
Penpushing reports that the prosecutor called seven witnesses and tendered statements, medical reports, and photographs of the deceased as exhibits, while the defendant, through his counsel Adeyinka Opaleke, did not call any witnesses.
The judge Justice Jubril Aladejana in his judgement said, confession of the defendant under cross-examination that he did not qualify as medical personnel, showed his wicked and reckless action in proceeding to carry out the treatment
“The confession of the defendant under cross-examination that he did not qualify as medical personnel, yet proceeded to open up a human being, knowing he had no training or certification to do so, portrayed the defendant as inherently callous. I find the defendant wickedly reckless in his actions on the now deceased Bosede Falade’.
“The prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the reckless action of the defendant caused the woman’s death on 24th June, 2019. The defendant is accordingly found guilty as charged.”
Penpushing further reports that the judge declared that the judgment of the court is that Olatide Emmanuel, be hanged by the neck until he is dead, and prayed the Lord have mercy on his soul.
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