Man Insists That Wife Must Deliver At Home, Lock Her Up While She Bleeds To Death

Ebonyi state police have arrested a man identified as Samuel Chidi who insisted that his wife named Nkechi must deliver at home, locked up the house while she bleeds to death.

According to resident compound, the deceased wife has delivered twice through Cesarean Section (CS).  In this third pregnancy the husband refused to take her to the hospital, called a patent medicine dealer who administered an improper drugs on her, dragged the baby out and the husband pinned her legs on the ground while she bleds to death. He took the blood and hid the baby's placenta.