The Imo State Police Commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, has ordered a probe of the Medical Director of Goodwill Maternity at Obinze in Owerri West LGA of the state, Silas Nwamadi, who allegedly seized twin baby boys delivered at his hospital over the mother’s inability to pay the hospital bill.
The police commissioner also ordered the immediate release of the twin boys, Chidindu and Chijindu, who were held at the maternity since May 4, after being delivered via a cesarean section, due to their parents’ inability to pay the medical bill.
The CP, who gave the order at the command headquarters in Owerri, the state capital, on Thursday, stated that the medical director of the maternity, who conducted the delivery of the babies, admitted to asking the nursing mother to give him the twins in exchange for the unpaid hospital bill but claimed he said it jokingly.
“The medical doctor admitted before me that he had ‘jokingly’ asked the 19-year-old mother of the twins, Precious Okere, to hand over the children to him,” the CP said.
Describing the statement as a serious one, the CP instructed his men to investigate the matter.
He scolded the medical director for his lack of empathy toward the children and their 19-year-old mother, even after some compassionate Nigerians offered to cover the delivery bill.
Peoplesmind
