Wednesday, March, 11 2026 -An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Tuesday sentenced a quack nurse, Olatide Emmanuel, to death by hanging over the killing of a woman.
The 48-year-old was arraigned in 2025 on a two-count charge
bordering on murder and impersonation.
The charge reads, “That the defendant, on 24th June, 2019 at
Odo Ikole compound, Erinmope Ekiti, did murder one Bosede Falade, and also on
June 9, 2019 at Ajebamidele Street, Otun Ekiti did falsely represent himself to
be a medical doctor.”
Prosecutor Kunle-Shina Adeyemo said, “The offences are
contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal
Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
An eyewitness, Rev. Omotade, told police that the deceased’s
husband had called him to report that his wife had died during childbirth.
Omotade said:
“On getting to the hospital, I saw the corpse on the
stretcher while the self-acclaimed doctor stood beside the stretcher. When I
critically examined the body of the deceased, I discovered that the operation
was carried out unprofessionally. I later called the police at Otun Ekiti to
take over the matter and carry out a full investigation,” he said.
The defendant told the court he had set up a clinic in
Erinmope Ekiti in 2019 after completing a nursing apprenticeship in Lagos
State.
He claimed, “The deceased was not my patient but came to
inform me that she was due for childbirth. After some examination, I informed
her and her husband that she would be delivered of the baby through a Caesarean
section, and they agreed.
“The operation was successful with both mother and child
alive, but the mother developed complications thereafter and later died,” he
said.
The prosecutor called seven witnesses and tendered
statements, medical reports, and photographs of the deceased as exhibits. The
defendant, through his counsel Adeyinka Opaleke, did not call any witnesses.
In his judgment, Justice Jubril Aladejana said, “The
confession of the defendant under cross-examination that he did not qualify as
medical personnel, yet proceeded to open up a human being, knowing he had no
training or certification to do so, portrayed the defendant as inherently
callous. I find the defendant wickedly reckless in his actions on the now
deceased Bosede Falade.
“The prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that
the reckless action of the defendant caused the woman’s death on 24th June,
2019. The defendant is accordingly found guilty as charged.”
The judge concluded, “The judgment of this court is that
you, Olatide Emmanuel, be hanged by the neck until you are dead. May the Lord
have mercy on your soul.”
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