SAD: 23 pregnant teens killed by native doctor in Delta

by Oge Okonkwo

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No less than 25 teenage girls are said to have died within the last one year after being administered herbal concoctions made by local doctors for abortion in Delta state.

According to sources, some pregnant teenage girls within some communities in Agbor, Kwale, Isoko North and South  of the state who were desperate need to terminate the pregnancies, sought the help of local doctors who prepared and gave the native concoction, which at most times, ended up costing them their lives.

Although  several arrests of native doctors have been made by security officials over the use of native potions, the increasing number of deaths of the teenage girls arising from the intake of the concoction now poses serious threats to the free medical health services introduced  especially for pregnant women by the Governor of Delta state, Emmanuel Uduaghan.

Leadership reports:

 Leadership checks revealed that teenage girls between 15 and 16years of age, who have dropped out of school because of the unwanted pregnancies, are seen hanging around communities in Isoko, Kwale, Agbor and Asaba communities, waiting for ‘remedies’ from the native doctors.

The police, through its spokesman, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, have warned that it will no longer be business as usual for the “quacks” who specialise in preparing the concoction for some of the girls, and encouraging them to take them.

A native doctor who refused to give his name revealed that did not want his name in the print, said: “We give them concoction when the pregnancy is just two months and warn them against misuses”. But further investigations revealed that these girls find difficult to check into hospitals, because they fear that they might be ridiculed and arrested.

Meanwhile, sources have revealed that native doctors across the state have allegedly taken to provision of love portions, for desperate young men who wish to have fun with unsuspecting teenage girls of their choice. The charms, the sources revealed, go for between N10, 000 and N15, 000.

 

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