SAD! Pregnant woman rescued from suspected robbers dies after giving birth
The woman who was delivered of a baby shortly after she was rescued from the hands of suspected kidnappers in Badagry has died.
The pregnant woman had boarded a vehicle coming from Cotonou into Lagos, unsuspecting of the two occupants’ motive.
She raised alarm upon realising she was in danger and attracted other road users who gave the vehicle a hot pursuit.
The car, marked KTU 356 CE, was eventually stopped at a filling station when some FRSC officials came to her rescue.
Some soldiers prevented the suspects from being lynched by an angry mob.
The woman was forced into emergency labour and was rushed to a nearby hospital. She was delivered of a baby though Caesarean section (CS).
She sadly died a few hours later around 3pm. Her body has been deposited at the Badagry General Hospital mortuary.
FRSC’s Unit Commander in Badagry, Fatai Bakare, said the baby was in good health.
Bakare said: “There were three persons in the vehicle, two suspected kidnappers (men) and an expectant woman who was their victim. The woman has sustained body injuries and was rushed to Ola-Oki Hospital, Ibereko for medical attention, where she immediately gave birth to a baby boy’’.
Police spokesman, SP Chike Oti, said it was not a case of kidnapping but that of ‘one-chance’ robbers, adding : ‘’She had some goods, boarded a vehicle to convey her to her location but along the line, they wanted to rob her.
“She raised the alarm and the robbers afraid that they might run into trouble with security operatives, pushed her off the vehicle.
“Unknown to them, people heard the woman’s screams and saw when she fell from the vehicle. They pursued the vehicle, caught up with the robbers and attacked them.
“The woman was picked up and rushed to hospital by FRSC officials and she was delivered of her baby through surgery.”
The suspects, who were almost burnt alive, have been handed to the police and are currently at an undisclosed hospital.
