A woman heavily pregnant mother to be identified as Bunmi Muri, has been reported dead around a park on Ogooluwa Street, in the Oko Oshodi area of Bariga, Lagos State.
Information revealed that died along with her twin babies during delivery, while on her way to visit her husband she went into labor and some residents took her to a corner to have her babies.
The 35-year-old, however, died alongside the twin babies.
A resident, Felix Chidi, noted that woman was successfully delivered of one of the babies and died while attempting to deliver the second baby.
He said,
“From what we know, she was going to collect something from her husband who worked in a park. But on her way there, she went into labor and was taken to a corner to deliver the babies. She was delivered of the first baby, but died while giving birth to the second baby. The deaths happened because there was no experienced medical practitioner to deliver the babies.”
Their corpses has been removed by the Lagos State Ambulance Service and deposited at the Yaba General Hospital.