Court Remands Illegal Blood Vendor, Orders Arrest of Hospital Buying Blood
The Samuel Ilori Court in Ogba, Lagos State, on Thursday ordered that one
Paul Achegbulu, 45, be remanded in prison custody for 30 days for attempted
murder of a minor and illegal blood bank operation.
The suspect was arrested on June 12 at his
residence at 18 Kusa bus stop, Bariga, Lagos, after allegedly drawing four
pints of blood from a 17 years old boy, who reportedly slumped.
The Magistrate, B.O. Osunsanmi, who presided over
the case, described it as attempted murder and “blood money.”
While he warned parents to take good care of
children, he denied the accused bail, saying he may have done this to several
other children.
According to the accused, the victim came on his
own to donate blood. “I was even surprised that he came back again to donate. I
paid him N2,000 each time he donated.
He further claimed that he sold the blood for
N4,000 to the hospital that buys from him.
With this, the Magistrate ordered the IPO Kunle,
who is in charge of the case to arrest those at Adesola Hospital buying blood
from an unauthorised man who claimed to be a laboratory scientist.
He therefore adjourned the case to July 25, 2018,
for further hearing.
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