EFCC orders probe into alleged assault of UUTH professor

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has ordered an probe into the altercation betwixt operatives of the committee and the unit of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, which allegedly led to the brutalisation of Professor Eyo Ekpe, a foremost cardiologist successful Nigeria.

Doctors and different wellness workers person embarked connected an indefinite onslaught pursuing the incident, which occurred connected Tuesday, May 12, though the Chief Medical Director of UUTH, Prof. Ememabasi Bassey, had appealed to the national leaders to instrumentality to enactment for the involvement of critically sick patients.

EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, successful a connection connected Friday, said the committee was outraged by the allegations of brutalisation of unit of the hospital, adjacent though it was yet to spot immoderate carnal grounds of specified brutality successful presumption of bodily harm oregon wounded to anyone.

Oyewale assured that portion awaiting the result of the inquiry, immoderate unit subordinate of the committee recovered to person deviated from the agency’s Standard Operating Procedure would beryllium sanctioned.

Suing for calm, helium commended stakeholders who intervened successful the substance for its peaceful resolution, urging that 5th columnists should not beryllium allowed to exploit the concern and undermine the combat against corruption successful Nigeria.<...