A pregnant woman in laour has reportedly lost her life at a police checkpoint in Abigi, Ogun State on Thursday.
Mrs Opeoluwa Waidat Adedeji, a mother of six was said to have called an okada man to assist her to the hospital when she discovered she had labor pains.
The woman who was assisted by her son on the okada to the general hospital from Ita- Otu got delayed at sowore for hours due to the resistant of the police officers at the check point.
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They were later allowed to go after realizing the woman was bleeding profusely.
She is said to have died before getting to the hospital.
The angry youth of the community stormed the police headquarters with the remains of the pregnant woman, insisting that the policemen were responsible for her death.
