Lagos Govt Begins Trial Of Medical Practitioners Over De$th Of Patient

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.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Posts

Crime

Assault: Alex Ikwechegh May Suffer Double Jeopardy, Says Reps Minority Leader

Many Nigerians were outraged with the action of the lawmaker against a Bolt driver and had called for justice. The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Kingsley Chinda, says his colleague, Alex Ikwechegh, may suffer “double tragedy” for assaulting an e-hailing driver Stephen Abuwatseya in the nation’s capital Abuja late October. “Presently, he is […]

Read More
Crime

Police prosecutes Hon. Alex Ifeanyi Mascot Ikwechegh for as!aulting Bolt driver.

The Nigerian Police Force arraigned a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh, in court after he was filmed aS!aulting a Bolt driver Stephen Abuwatseya at his Abuja residence.  The lawmaker, who is representing Aba North and South federal constituency of Abia State, appeared before an Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at […]

Read More
Crime

Nigeria Lady found de+d after visiting man met on dating site

A 23-year-old woman, Precious Yusuf, has been found de+d along the DLA Road in Asaba, the Delta State capital, after meeting with a male friend whom she met on a dating website called iHappy. According to a statement on Saturday by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, Precious’s body was discovered on […]

Read More