Muslim Cleric, Nurse Nabbed Over Missing Placenta

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Muslim Cleric, Nurse Nabbed Over Missing Placenta

Officers of Kwara state police command are still battling to recover the placenta of a new born baby allegedly sold to a Muslim cleric in Ilorin for ritual purposes by a Nurse attendant in a private hospital in Ilorin.

It was reliably gathered that the Muslim cleric and the nurse attendant in one of the private hospitals in Ilorin, currently being interrogated by the police, were yet to disclose the where about of the placenta.

A source said that the placenta was sold by the nurse attendant to the cleric at the cost of N20,000 for money ritual.

The duo were however arrested at their different locations in Ilorin following the report to the police command by the medical officer in charge of the private hospital were the incident occurred located at Oke-Erin area of Ilorin when the father of the new born baby, Jimoh Abdulfatah demanded for the placenta of his new born baby from the hospital after delivery and it was not given to him.