By: Manoah Kikekon
In a shocking exposé, Badagry Today uncovers a horrifying health crisis at the Pota Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Badagry, Lagos State, where snakes have taken over, forcing nurses to abandon night shifts and patients to endure candlelit treatments in 2025.
Disturbing images reveal multiple snakes killed inside the hospital slithering through the labour room, doctor’s office, and even toilets. Terrified staff report over 20 snakes eliminated in recent months, with many refusing night duties over safety fears.
"This place is a disaster. Who wants to die in a snake-infested hospital with no electricity?" Anonymous Nurse.
The hospital, serving 15 towns and 40 communities, operates without stable power, relying on candles and a single solar bulb at night. A donated generator sits abandoned no fuel, no help from authorities.
"How can we deliver babies or treat emergencies in darkness in 2025?" Frustrated Staff Member
Despite multiple pleas to Badagry Local Government, no solutions have come. The last upgrade? A 2021 charity donation from Hon. Sesi Whingan’s Foundation nothing from the government since.
Meanwhile, a new health centre opens in Ajido, leaving residents furious, "Why build new clinics while old ones rot?"
The Mowo-Ikoga-Zebbe Road, leading to the hospital, remains a death trap flooded, unmotorable, and deadly during rains. Students have reportedly drowned trying to cross.
Hon. Segun Onilude (Outgoing LG Chairman) Praised for other projects, but Ward I residents feel abandoned. Hon. Setonji David (Lagos Assembly) Urged to act why ignore this crisis?. Commissioners from Badagry (Ibrahim Layode, Mobolaji Ogunlende) Silence speaks volumes in their own backyard.
With Governor Sanwo-Olu’s THEMES Plus Agenda failing this community, Pota PHC stands as a symbol of systemic collapse. Will officials act before more lives are lost?