An Ibadan Family Court, sitting at Iyaganku, remanded a fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele, at the Agodi Correctional Centre for allegedly causing the death of a newborn baby boy.

Olubedele, 50, who was remanded on Thursday, January 11, 2024, allegedly drowned the baby in a canal.

The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, did not take Oludele’s plea due to a lack of jurisdiction and subsequently sent the case file to the Oyo State Directorate of Public Prosecution for legal advice. 

The matter has been adjourned until March 4, 2024, for mention.

Oludele was brought before the court by the police on a three-count, including impersonation, abduction, and murder.

The prosecuting counsel, Insp Gbemisola Adedeji, informed the court that Oludele committed the offence on Dec. 28, 2023, at His Mercy Hospital, Akinyele, Ibadan.

Adedeji alleged that the fake doctor took the baby boy without his mother’s consent and drowned him in a canal. 

He added that Oludele allegedly falsely portrayed himself as a qualified doctor to defraud the mother and other members of the public.

The offences, Adedeji noted, contravened the Criminal Codes of Oyo State (2000) and are punishable by three years imprisonment for impersonation, 14 years for abduction, and a death sentence for murder.