A 30-year-old drug dispenser in
Akamkpa Local Government Area of
Cross River State, Godswill Umoren, has
been paraded by the police for allegedly
injecting a pregnant woman, Mrs. Uduak
Udofia, in an attempt to abort her
pregnancy.
The injection, Kenvibes News learnt on
Friday, led to the death of Mrs. Udofia on
February 11, 2017.
Umoren, who claimed to be a chemist,
was said have administered the injection
following the advice of the deceased’s
husband, Mr. Sunday Udofia.
Parading the suspect alongside 21 other
alleged criminals at the headquarters of
the Cross River State Police Command in
Calabar, the state Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, said that the
administered injection was meant to
terminate the pregnancy of the
deceased.
Inuwa said the suspect had confessed to
the crime and would soon be charged to
the court.
He said, “On February 11, 2017, one
Sunday Udofia reported at Akamkpa
Police Division that a chemist identified
as Godswill Umoren had, in a bid to
terminate and abort the pregnancy of his
wife, Uduak Udofia, administered
injection which led to her death. The
suspect has confessed to the offence and
will soon appear in court.”
But Umoren, who is an indigene of Ikot-
Ekpene in Akwa Ibom State, admitted to
administering the injection despite being
a qualified health worker.
He said, “I was the one that gave her the
injection. Her husband called me to his
house to examine his sick wife. I asked
her what happened, she said that she was
having body pain and they bought drugs
for her. When I gave her the injection
initially, she did not die.
“I am not a medical personnel, I learnt
how to administer drugs and inject
patients from my brother who is a doctor.
I only helped her to recover.”
Similarly, the police paraded a 25-year-
old female armourer, Hope Usang, who
was alleged to lease arms to suspected
armed robbers in Calabar.
The commissioner of police said that
Usang was arrested on February 24,
2017, following a case of armed robbery
involving one Paschal Bisong of
Ekpeyong Effiok Street in the Calabar
Municipality axis of the metropolis.
He said that after Paschal had
complained to the police about the
robbery attack, his men swung into action
and arrested one Emmanuel Edet-Etim
and Idoreyin Usa.
The commissioner explained that after
thorough investigation by the police, the
suspects confessed that they got the
arms from Usang for the robbery.
He told newsmen that the suspects would
soon be charged to court accordingly.
