According to the police, the suspects included a nurse, a health assistant and a security officer. But the real identities of the suspects had not been revealed.

The suspects were said to be state government workers, who work at the Emure Ile Comprehensive Health Centre in Owo Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that the concerned family member of the victim raised the alarm after the hospital workers failed to hand over the placenta to them after the delivery of the baby five days ago.

The 23-year-old father of the baby, Mr Tunde Ijanusi, explained that they were worried about the failure of the health workers to hand over the placenta of their newborn baby to them.

He said, “The baby girl was born on June 15, 2023, at the comprehensive health centre in Emure Ile, and since then the health workers that took the delivery have not given us the placenta. We are very worried about this.”

The worried father said necessary action must be taken to ensure that justice is served on the suspects.