EKWUEME: FG not bearing cost of treatment
NWAFOR POLYCARP
13 NOV 2017
…Airlifted for medical treatment abroad

…Entitlements not paid since 2015


By Emeka Mamah

ENUGU—AILING Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme was yesterday flown abroad for continued medical treatment but the Federal Government will not bear the cost of the treatment. Sources told Vanguard that this was because the Federal Government has reneged on its promise to bear the full cost of treatment and transportation of the elder statesman to a hospital in London, and referred the issue to the Anambra State government where Ekwueme hails from.


According to the sources, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who released an Air Ambulance to take Ekwueme to London, informed the Ekwueme family that was the extent the government could go.


Former Vice President Alex Ekwueme
It was learned that Ekwueme’s younger brother and surgeon, Professor Obumneme Ekwueme, who would have travelled with his brother to London as head of his medical team was dropped from the Air Ambulance because he had problems with foreign exchange that would take care of other exigencies that would arise such as feeding, accommodation, drugs and laboratory tests among others.


Obumneme would now depart for London today, November 13, to join his brother and ensure adequate treatment for him.

The family source wondered why the Federal Government would promise to treat Ekwueme as a former vice president and later renege on such promise.

“We are not surprised about the development because Ekwueme has not been receiving his entitlements from this administration. The Federal Government was not pressurised to make the promise. It did so on its own volition.


“ It is not as if our family could not have treated him in the best hospital in any part of the world. Even if they are not treating him, let them pay him his entitlements when he is still alive. They should not wait until he dies so that they will come and pay tributes to him as the best man while alive,” the family sources said angrily.

Ekwueme was brought to the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu with a National Orthopedic Hospital Enugu, SUV ambulance at about 7: 26 am and driven straight into the tarmac, where he was taken into a waiting air ambulance with registration number N605 JA. The white Air Ambulance was said to have arrived the airport late Saturday evening and spent the night at the airport.

He was transferred into the aircraft in the presence of his family members who escorted him to the airport. The aircraft took off from the tarmac at about 8: 37am with the family members waving to wish him a safe trip.

Among the family members present, was Ekwueme’s daughter Mrs. Onyemelukwe, who is a running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Anambra State.

The family members had earlier declined comments on the former vice president’s illness, saying that they were not in the mood to speak to the press and did not need any media coverage.

Vanguard journalist manhandled

Meantime, Vanguard’s State Correspondent in Enugu, Mr Dennis Agbo, who witnessed Dr Ekwueme’s airlift was attacked by soldiers, policemen and other airport security officials before they forcefully confiscated his camera, mobile phone and other working tools. Some of the securitymen who were attached to Ekwueme as well as his family members forcefully deleted all the pictures of the Air Ambulance from his camera and mobile phone which they seized, threatening to visit him personally, if the story of the incident was published.

Agbo was briefly detained at one of the offices in the airport, where his mobile phone and empty camera were later returned to him.

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This present administration is the worst in the history of Nigeria. They are full of deceit, lies and propaganda.
May God repay them and all who had a hand in bringing them in adequately.
So after releasing lies that Buhari had approved the treatment of ekwueme abroad as if it was a favour, whereas it was his entitlement, they have even failed in giving him his statutory entitlement as an ex VP.
Yet, that bastard called abba kyari would have the audacity to provide an air ambulance and boldly state that it's the best they can do while documented evidence showed that he when sick, despite not being an ex president or VP had his medical bills abroad fully borne by the federal govt of Buhari.
Anybody who knows kyari or Buhari should tell them that God will punish them up to their third generation.

And if you are reading this and you voted for this nonsense, God punish you!

Am not surprised! This typifies this administration, nothing is ever straightforward! Nothing! When you think they want to get it right, just when you turn around, they have messed it up again. In all fairness, Buhari should be in the old people's home being cared for and not running a complex state as Nigeria. Sad!

Where Are Those Zombies Who Were Saying Buhari Was Showing Love To SE For Wishing Ekweme Happy Birthday? This Has Shown That Those Guys From Wasteland Does Not Understand The Reality On Ground. They Are Too Quick To Shout Buhari Love Ekweme Just For Official Aso Rock Letter Head Wish, But Are Blind To See Or Deaf To Hear Non~payment Of Entitlements Since 2015. Wasteland Group You Are Welcome.

Abeg make una pay am him entitlement before una go come attend him burial dey say he was a good man.

Buhari ya heard....

I no understand....I thought zombies were using this as one of Buharis achievements?

why must this administration make use of propaganda for everything?

even when it doesn't need to lie, it lies...

Will this make front page?

Myndd44 and lalasticlala?

Buhari government is very nauseating in lying nature.Tufiakwa!

eyeview:
This present administration is the worst in the history of Nigeria. They are full of deceit, lies and propaganda.
May God repay them and all who had a hand in bringing them in adequately.
So after releasing lies that Buhari had approved the treatment of ekwueme abroad as if it was a favour, whereas it was his entitlement, they have even failed in giving him his statutory entitlement as an ex VP.
Yet, that bastard called abba kyari would have the audacity to provide an air ambulance and boldly state that it's the best they can do while documented evidence showed that he when sick, despite not being an ex president or VP had his medical bills abroad fully borne by the federal govt of Buhari.
Anybody who knows kyari or Buhari should tell them that God will punish them up to their third generation.

And if you are reading this and you voted for this nonsense, God punish you!

My dear-this government lies annoyingly and shamelessly.