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Court remands Doctor for Murdering Patient after Administering wrong Medicine in Ibadan

A 45-year-old doctor, Adegoke Olaoluwa has been remanded in the Agodi Correctional Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital.

Magistrate A.T. Oyediji of Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, remanded Olaoluwa on Monday, March 11, 2024, for the murder of his patient, Adekunle Badmus.

Following his arraignment, Olaoluwa, from the Idi-Aro area of Ibadan, is facing one count of murder.

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Magistrate Oyediji, who did not take the defendant’s plea, ordered that Olaoluwa be remanded in the Agodi Correctional Centre in Ibadan, pending legal advice from the office of the state Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP).

The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Opeyemi Olagunju, had earlier told the court that the defendant had, on Tuesday, February 20, at about 10:00am, at Mercy Clinic and Maternity, Idi-Aro, Ibadan, caused the death of 45-year-old Badmus unlawfully.

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Olagunju said, “The defendant administered saline drugs to the patient without lawful justification.

“The offence is contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Sections 319 and 484 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Oyo State, 2000.”

While Section 484 stipulates three years imprisonment for an offender, Section 319 prescribes a death sentence.

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  • I wish to correct an impression here ‘ a 45-year-old doctor, Adegoke Olaoluwa”.
    Adegoke Olaoluwa is not a doctor.ln actual fact,he is a microbiologist and never a medical doctor.