The suspects who are said to be state government workers are a nurse, a health assistant and a security officer.
No fewer than three persons have been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a newborn baby’s placenta at Emure Ile Comprehensive Health Centre in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The suspects who are said to be state government workers are a nurse, a health assistant and a security officer.
It was gathered that the concerned family members of the victim raised the alarm after the hospital workers failed to hand over the placenta to them after the delivery of the baby five days ago.
The 23-year-old father of the baby, Mr Tunde Ijanusi, explained that they were worried about the health workers' failure to hand over their newborn's placenta to them, the PUNCH reports.
He said, “The baby girl was born on June 15, 2023, at the comprehensive health centre in Emure Ile, and since then the health workers that took the delivery have not given us the placenta. We are very worried about this.”
"The necessary action must be taken to ensure that justice is served on the suspects," he said.
Also speaking was the paternal grandmother of the baby, Mrs Funmilayo Ijanusi, who noted that the hospital workers claimed that a dog had entered the facility, carting away the placenta.
She asserted that the hospital personnel had also been persuading the family to let go of the matter.
Confirming the incident was the State Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, stating that an investigation was ongoing on the matter.
“The nurse, the health assistant and the security officer are already with us while investigation is ongoing,” the PPRO stated.