At least 23 young pregnant girls have become the victims of the use of native concoction for abortion in only one year.
It
has been learnt that teenage girls within some communities in Agbor,
Kwale, Isoko North and South who became pregnant and were desperate to
do away with the pregnancies, sought the help of local doctors, who
prepared and administered the herbal concoctions, which ended up costing
them their lives, most times.
Although
security agents have arrested several native doctors in the areas over
their use of the portions in terminating pregnancies, the increasing
number of deaths arising from intake of the portions now poses serious
threats to the free medical health services introduced by the
administration of Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, especially for pregnant women.
The
investigation further revealed that teenage girls between 15 and 16
years old, who have dropped out of school because of the unwanted
pregnancies, are seen hanging around communities in Isoko, Kwale, Agbor
and Asaba communities, waiting for ‘remedies’ from the native doctors.
The
police, through its spokesman, ASP Lucky Uyabeme, have warned that it
will no longer be business as usual for the “quacks” who specialise in
preparing the concoction for some of the girls, and encouraging them to
take them.
A
native doctor who refused to give his name revealed that did not want
his name in the print, said: “We give them concoction when the pregnancy
is just two months and warn them against misuses”. But further
investigations revealed that these girls find difficult to check into
hospitals, because they fear that they might be ridiculed and arrested.
Meanwhile,
sources have revealed that native doctors across Delta State have
allegedly taken to provision of love portions, for desperate young men
who wish to have fun with unsuspecting teenage girls of their choice. The charms, the sources revealed, go for between N10, 000 and N15, 000.
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