An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Tuesday sentenced a quack nurse, Olatide Emmanuel, to death by hanging over the killing of a woman.
The 48-year-old was arraigned in 2025 on a 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 himself to be a medical doctor.”
Prosecutor Kunle-Shina Adeyemo said, “The offences are contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code Law, Cap. C16, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.”
An eyewitness, Rev. Omotade, told police that the deceased’s husband had called him to report that his wife had died during childbirth. Omotade said:
“On getting to 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 said.
The defendant told the court he had set up a clinic in Erinmope Ekiti in 2019 after completing a nursing apprenticeship in Lagos State.
