Patient Accuses FMC Abeokuta Doctors Of Neglect, Taking Him, Wife To Police For Refusing To Leave Emergency Ward | Sahara Reporters

Adetayo, who said he has a history of cerebral haemorrhage and had been receiving treatment at the hospital, said he went to the FMC emergency unit with his wife after experiencing a deterioration in his health for about two weeks.

A patient has accused medical doctors at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, of neglecting his medical condition, manhandling his wife and taking both of them to a police station instead of attending to him during an emergency visit to the hospital.

The patient, Adedamola Adetayo, made the allegations during an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters while recounting what he described as a “shocking” four-hour ordeal at the government-owned medical facility on Sunday, August 30, 2026.

Adetayo, who said he has a history of cerebral haemorrhage and had been receiving treatment at the hospital, said he went to the FMC emergency unit with his wife after experiencing a deterioration in his health for about two weeks.

According to him, he had previously approached the hospital’s records department to request an earlier appointment with his neurologists but was told to wait until September 15, 2026.

He said the worsening of his condition eventually forced him to visit the hospital on Sunday in the hope of getting medical attention or reassurance from one of the doctors handling his case.

“I had felt a deterioration in my health since 17th August 2026 as I was getting weaker and weaker and my wife therefore thought the better of going with me,” he said.

Adetayo said he arrived at the FMC emergency ward in Idi-Aba at about 1pm, explaining that the emergency unit was the only part of the facility where he could see a doctor on a Sunday.

He alleged that he was initially prevented by a security officer from entering the emergency ward and was asked to wait outside.

He said that after noticing an empty chair inside the emergency unit, he moved towards it and sat down because he was weak and needed somewhere to rest.

According to him, a doctor later approached the entrance and insisted that he leave the chair and come outside before he would attend to him.

Adetayo said he considered the instruction unreasonable because of his condition and remained seated, after which the doctor allegedly told him that he would not attend to him.

“I was there sitting when I noticed that the doctor whom I never knew was at the gate talking to the security apparently looking for me. I signalled to him to come but he insisted that I had to get up, walk to the gate and then stay outside for him to access me,” he said.

“I found that to be very illogical and inconsiderate, so I didn’t obey it. The doctor walked back into the ward and told me plainly that he wouldn’t attend to me.”

He said the situation later escalated after a man he identified as a hospital official began asking him to leave the emergency unit.

Adetayo said he was initially having a civil discussion with the official when another doctor, whom he identified as a senior member of the Resident Doctors’ Union, allegedly intervened and became aggressive.

“We were still on it and I was about responding when from nowhere came this man whom I got to understand was a medical doctor and a union man,” he said.

“He came out from God-knows-where blasting from all cylinders, cursing, swearing and threatening.”

Adetayo alleged that the doctor ordered him out of the emergency ward and became increasingly agitated when he insisted that, as a Nigerian citizen and patient, he had a right to receive medical attention at the public facility.

He further alleged that the doctor ordered other medical personnel in the emergency unit to stop what they were doing.

“My statement only further enraged him, as the man went totally nuts until he began to give orders to the doctors to stop whatever they were doing in the emergency ward,” he alleged.

Adetayo said several other doctors subsequently joined the confrontation, but that none of them checked his vital signs or properly assessed his medical condition.

He alleged that the doctors instead contacted the police and took him and his wife to the office of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), identified as CSP Raheem Quadri.

“Not once did they take my vitals except when the police had arrived and they needed to be sure, perhaps, that I was fit enough to be locked in police cell and processed for prison remand,” he said.

He also accused the doctors of physically manhandling his wife during the confrontation.

“They had already manhandled my wife, causing bodily harm on her and accusing her of recording their conduct,” he alleged.

According to Adetayo, the doctors spent considerable time at the police station pursuing the matter rather than attending to patients at the emergency unit.

He said the police officer who handled the matter eventually intervened.

“My wife and I were marched to the Police DPO, one CSP Raheem Quadri, who turned out to be an exceptionally sound professional,” he said.

Adetayo further alleged that the doctor who initiated the confrontation falsely told the DPO that he had threatened his life and promised to deal with him.

“The reality at the DPO’s office was that at least four senior-looking doctors had about two hours to devote to getting a sick patient and his wife inside cells but not enough time to attend to the many stranded and suffering Nigerian souls in and outside the emergency ward,” he alleged.

He said the entire episode lasted about four hours, from his arrival at the hospital at about 1pm until he eventually left the premises around 5:30pm.

“From the over two hours I spent inside the emergency unit unattended till the time we got to the Police DPO at about 3:30pm, left the DPO at about 4:10pm and when I finally left the hospital at 5:30pm, these doctors didn’t ask for my name nor my registration number with their hospital,” he said.

Adetayo said he was particularly disturbed that medical personnel at a government hospital allegedly failed to access his existing medical records despite his history of cerebral haemorrhage.

“I can imagine that up till this minute they don’t know my name nor have they accessed my records because, despite the DPO’s personal intervention and pleas, these guys didn’t attend to me till 5:30pm when I finally left the hospital premises,” he said.

He also linked his experience to an earlier incident at the same hospital in 2009, when he said his 16-year-old brother-in-law, Rilwan Soyomi, died after allegedly receiving no medical attention at the emergency ward.

“On 31st May 2026 when I got lucky to pass through the gate of that emergency ward it was only because I made some calls,” he said.

“It will mean that if you are unable to make calls, if you knew nobody, you are on God’s humour and will likely be unattended to or die just as Rilwan Soyomi, my brother-in-law, died right there unattended in January 2009.”

He described the latest incident as a “major risk” to his life and called for the doctors involved to be held accountable.

“You can imagine that male doctors, about four of them, manhandled my wife and still wanted to lock me up with my condition of a stroke,” he said.

Asked about evidence to support his allegation that his wife was manhandled, Adetayo said he was not in a position to record the incident because of his condition.

“Those guys, so-called doctors, physically held my wife, manhandled her until they retrieved her phone,” he said.

However, the Federal Medical Centre Abeokuta management has confirmed that an incident occurred at its Accident and Emergency Unit on Sunday, August 30, but said the matter was being investigated.

In a statement signed by O. A. Olatunji, Head of Information and Public Relations, the hospital said its management had constituted an investigation committee to establish what transpired.

“The Hospital Management has noted with concern the incident that occurred between a patient and some Medical Officers at the Accident & Emergency Unit of the Centre on Sunday 30th August, 2026,” the statement said.

“The Management wishes to assure the entire Hospital Community and the General Public that the matter is currently being thoroughly investigated by the Investigation Committee constituted by the Hospital Management to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

The management urged members of the public to refrain from actions that could interfere with the investigation.

“Management will give due consideration to the outcome of the investigation, and any person found culpable will be appropriately sanctioned in accordance with the extant rules & regulations governing the service,” it added.

The hospital did not, in the statement made available to SaharaReporters, provide details of what led to the confrontation, the alleged involvement of the police or the accusations of physical assault against Adetayo’s wife.