Herbal Abortion Drug Kills 23 Pregnant Girls In Delta State; Native Doctor & Quack Nurses Arrested

Not less than 23 pregnant ladies have met their untimely deaths after drinking an herbal abortion drugs from a native doctor to terminate their pregnancies.

This happened at an illegal abortion clinic in Delta
state.
LeadershipNg reports Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, the
state police commissioner, who confirmed the
discovering of the illegal home, said no fewer than
23 females whose unwanted pregnancies were
terminated, died after drinking the concoction.
He explained that the detectives arrested the
operators who were mainly native doctors and
quack nurses and upon interrogation, confessed to
the crime.
The home is located around Ugborikoko in Uvwie
local government area.
The suspects claimed they were trained in
traditional medicine, especially in the use of
concoction to terminate unwanted pregnancies.
One of their victims, a 22-year-old house-help in
the area, identified as Endurance, recently died as
a result of abortion she had performed at the
home.
It was learnt that the victim took ill and was
rushed back to the quack home where she died as
a result of complications from the abortion she
allegedly carried out in the abortion centre.
A test conducted on her death by medical experts
showed that she was pregnant and attempted to
abort it at the hands of the native doctors and
quack nurses in the home.
One of the suspects, the police boss disclosed,
identified as Ufuoma had made useful statements,
adding that the police recovered different bottles
with concoction and charms tied around sticks
including locally made guns.