Woman dies after butt enlargement procedure in Lagos

A woman has died in Lagos after she was injected with buttocks enlargement injection, also known as Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL), in Lekki, Lagos.

The police have arrested the nurse who gave her the injection and deposited the body of the woman in a public mortuary for autopsy. It was gathered that her personal driver drove the woman, Mrs. Abiola, 36, who resided in Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Ibeju-Lekki, to the hospital hale and hearty before her tragic death.

The police said that by 11:40am, on August 27, Mrs. Abiola’s driver, reported at Maroko Police Division that the deceased asked him to convey her to a clinic located at Lekki Phase 1, for the BBL injection for buttocks enlargement. He told the police that, on arrival, the owner of the clinic instructed a nurse to inject the woman, and, thereafter, his madam became unconscious, started gasping for breath and she was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, where she was confirmed dead by a doctor.

According to Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ben Hundeyin, based on the report, detectives visited the scene. They also visited the hospital where the body of the woman was inspected and photographed, and “the body was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy.”

The PPRO said the Nurse who gave the injection has been arrested and investigation was on going.