Police arrest 2 doctors, nurses who helped Lagos pastor procure four abortions on teenage girl
The Police in Lagos State have arrested two medical doctors and two nurses who allegedly carried out abortions on a teenager, who was impregnated by a pastor at the Agodo-Egbe branch of a popular Pentecostal church. The victim was rushed to the hospital and later discharged after it was discovered that the pregnancy was not properly evacuated. The teenager said the pastor had been sexually violating her since she started living with him at age 10. She said the pastor had impregnated her four times, alleging that with the connivance of a doctor, her guardian perfected four abortions on her without her consent. The bubble burst last Tuesday after the victim, who had just returned from a lab where the fourth pregnancy was illegally terminated, fainted while packing her belongings as she tried to leave the pastor’s house. She was rushed to the hospital where it was discovered that the pregnancy was not properly evacuated. During interrogation, the suspect, who was apprehended by...