The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three persons connected to the death of Dr Vware Diaso at the state’s General Hospital.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on Saturday, according to PMNews.
Hundeyin, not disclosing the identities of the suspects, said that the police had begun investigation into the case.
Recall that, a faulty elevator at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos, claimed the life of a medical doctor, Vware Diaso, who was working at the facility on Tuesday August 1.
It was gathered that, Dr. Vware 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, died when the elevator crashed to the ground floor with her inside.
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 struck.
It was gathered that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of the hospital for treatment but eventually died.
Sources pointed out that the elevator had malfunctioned several times before the incident, but serious attention was not given to it by the hospital management.
Meanwhile, Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had, vowed to get to the root of the doctor’s death through thorough investigation, as he condoles with victim’s family.
The Chairman, Medical Guild in Lagos State, Dr Sa’eid Ahmad, on Friday, revealed findings of the investigative panel on the cause of death of Dr Diaso Vwaere in the Lagos hospital elevator.
Ahmad, who made the revelation during a news conference to give an update on the probe of the circumstances that led to Vwaere’s death, said the elevator failed to work during its inauguration in June 2021.
