The Lagos State Government has commenced the trial of two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye, over the de$th of a patient, Ejiro Ugorobi.
The duo is standing trial at the Ikeja High Court of Lagos State, presided over by Justice Oyindamola Ogala.
It would be recalled that the LASG had on March 25, 2024, arraigned the medical doctors over their alleged involvement in the involuntary manslaughter of the deceased patient, to which both pleaded not guilty.
According to the prosecution counsel, A. O. Azeez, Atiba, a doctor at the Gbagada General Hospital and Ugbeye, a consultant with the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, are facing a count of involuntary manslaughter as made against them by the Lagos State Government.
Atiba disclosed that the incident occurred on October 21, 2023, at Michael Adekoya Street, Ilupeju, Lagos State.
During the trial and cross-examination of the prosecution’s first witness and mother of the deceased, Nkechi Ugorobi, she disclosed that the deceased had gone to play football as an exercise on September 9, 2023, when he fell and had an accident with his leg.
“Ejiro was my only son. He was 29 years old, an electrical engineer by training and went into marketing finance. He is my friend, my adviser, and my chatmate. On September 9, 2023, Ejiro went to play football as exercise and fell. He called me and told me that he had fallen while playing football,” she said.
She added that the deceased had informed her that his injury was serious, with a swollen leg, and that he needed to see Ugbeye, the doctor at Morningside Specialist Hospital for treatment. Further testing then confirmed that he had a torn ligament.
