Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of three persons over the death of Vware Diaso, a medical doctor at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Saturday, August 5, 2023, but did not mention the identities of the suspects.
Hundeyin said that the police had begun an investigation into the case.
Recall that a faulty elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, claimed the life of Vware Diaso, who was working at the facility.
The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, when the deceased, who lived on the 9th floor of the building, wanted to meet a dispatch rider who had brought her the food she earlier ordered online.
The deceased, a graduate of Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, was said to be undergoing her mandatory one-year internship programme at the hospital and had less than two weeks to complete the programme when the tragedy happened.
The hospital elevator which killed the late Diaso was said to have crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor.
It was also learned that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment but eventually died.
The sources also pointed out that the elevator had malfunctioned several times before the incident, but serious attention was not given to it by the hospital management.
Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu condoling with the family of the deceased, has vowed to get to the root of the doctor’s death through thorough investigation.
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