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Sat 11 Nov 2009Nigerian woman claims she can prove daughter's death
NIGERIAN MOTHER Pamela Izevbekhai has told the Supreme Court a sworn statement from a doctor asserting she never had a child who died as a result of complications from female genital mutilation (FGM) is untrue. She claims she has a certificate from another doctor to prove the child’s death.
Representing herself in court yesterday after her lawyers withdrew after receiving a threatening anonymous postcard, Ms Izevbekhai said her first child Elizabeth died in July 1994 and she had obtained evidence from another doctor certifying this.
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