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Nurse arrested as woman seeking buttocks enlargement dies after injection

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a nurse over the alleged death of a 36-year-old woman, simply identified as Mrs Abiola.

The Commandโ€™s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos.

Hundeyin said that the nurse was arrested after the Maroko Police Division received a report on Tuesday at about 11.40 a.m. from the driver of the deceased, whose name was not mentioned.

He explained that the driver reported that at about 3:00 a.m. on Monday, his boss, living at Diamond Estate, Sangotedo-Lekki, asked him to convey her to a clinic located at Lekki Phase 1, for a BBL injection for buttocks enlargement.

According to the police image maker, on arrival, the owner of the clinic (name not mentioned), instructed a nurse to inject the now-deceased lady, who later became unconscious and started gasping for breath.

โ€œThe victim was rushed to another hospital in Lekki Phase 1 for treatment, where she was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.

โ€œBased on the report, the scene was visited by a team of detectives.

โ€The hospital was also visited, where the corpse was inspected and photographed, before it was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy,โ€ he said.

Hundeyin disclosed that the said nurse had been arrested and investigation was in progress.