Two women identified as Violet Mbala Ekor and Helen Isieg have died after delivering in the home of a woman who claimed to be a prophet in Ikom local government area of Cross River State.
The women completed their ante-natal care in the Primary Health facilities in Nkarasi, Aabanyom ward of Ikom but chose to deliver in the home of Prophet Eka Maria Innocent John.
The report by Cross Rivers Watch said the prophetess has been preaching against pregnant women using Health Care Centres, claiming they evil spirits live there.
Helen Isieg, a native of Obubra bred in Abinti 1 community died on Wednesday after delivering and suffering post-partum hemorrhage. She was delivering her fourth child and the baby died a few minutes after her. She has since been buried in the community due to the war in her community which has claimed several lives. Her friend who declined mentioning her name said.
The second woman, Violet Ekor, registered at the Health Post in Nkim, 30 seconds away from her home but when it was time for about delivery, she decided to go to the said Eka lady and she died of PPH at about 12:00 AM on Thursday after delivering a baby girl at about 11:00 PM on Wednesday.
The woman in question Eka Maria Innocent John Odo told CrossRiverWatch that she was trained in church to deliver women and denied telling the women to stay away from health centers as she always enlists the help of professionals when there is crisis.
Source: Cross River Watch
The women completed their ante-natal care in the Primary Health facilities in Nkarasi, Aabanyom ward of Ikom but chose to deliver in the home of Prophet Eka Maria Innocent John.
The report by Cross Rivers Watch said the prophetess has been preaching against pregnant women using Health Care Centres, claiming they evil spirits live there.
Helen Isieg, a native of Obubra bred in Abinti 1 community died on Wednesday after delivering and suffering post-partum hemorrhage. She was delivering her fourth child and the baby died a few minutes after her. She has since been buried in the community due to the war in her community which has claimed several lives. Her friend who declined mentioning her name said.
The second woman, Violet Ekor, registered at the Health Post in Nkim, 30 seconds away from her home but when it was time for about delivery, she decided to go to the said Eka lady and she died of PPH at about 12:00 AM on Thursday after delivering a baby girl at about 11:00 PM on Wednesday.
The woman in question Eka Maria Innocent John Odo told CrossRiverWatch that she was trained in church to deliver women and denied telling the women to stay away from health centers as she always enlists the help of professionals when there is crisis.
Source: Cross River Watch
