“That he did not qualify as a 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
By John Odunayo
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division has sentenced one Olatide Temitope Emmanuel to death by hanging.
The 48 year old was arraigned before Justice Jubril Aladejana in 2025 on 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 yourself to be a medical doctor.
According to the prosecutor, Kunle-Shina Adeyemo, “the offences are contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekit State, 2012”.
An eye witness, Rev. Omotade, in his statement to the Police, said, “The husband of the deceased called to inform me that his wife died during childbirth at Erinmope around 9pm, on getting 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 stated.
The defendant, in his testimony before the court, said he was a nursing apprentice at a hospital in Lagos State, after completion, I was issued a certificate and I established my own clinic at Erinmope Ekiti in 2019.
“The deceased was not my patient, but came to inform me that she was due for childbirth. After some examination, I informed her and the husband that she will deliver the baby through Caesarian session and they agreed. The operation was successful with both mother and child alive, but the mother developed complication thereafter and later died,” the fake doctor said.
To prove his case, the prosecutor called seven witnesses and tendered statements of the defendant, medical reports, photographs of the deceased among others as exhibits.
The defendant, who spoke in his own defence through his counsel, Adeyinka Opaleke, called no witness.
In his judgement, Justice Aladejana said, “The confession of the defendant under cross- examination that he did not qualify as a 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 reasonable doubt that the reckless action of the defendant caused her death on 24th June, 2019. The defendant is accordingly found guilty as charged.
“The judgment of this court is that, you Olatide Temitope Emmanuel be hanged by the neck until you are dead, may the Lord have mercy on your soul”, the judge pronounced.
