Neurosurgeon treats a police man to full recovery, corporal refuses to pay up his medical fees then proceeds to abduct the neurosurgeon.
And you tell me we are okay in this country?

Dr Scope Uchechuku



NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANAMBRA STATE BRANCH

PRESS RELEASE FOLLOWING THE EMERGENCY STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING OF NIGERIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION ANAMBRA STATE BRANCH, WHICH HELD ON SUNDAY 17TH MARCH 2024 ON GOOGLE MEET PLATFORM

PREAMBLE

Warm greetings gentlemen and ladies of the press.

This press briefing is in response to an unfortunate incident involving the kidnap and assault of our member by armed men later identified as policemen from Anambra State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).

This dastardly act warranted an emergency state executive council meeting, arising from which this press briefing is being granted.


OBSERVATIONS

1. Our colleague, Dr. Ofodile Ekweogwu, a Consultant Neurosurgeon, managed a patient in a private facility in Nnewi. The patient, Corporal Okona Stephen Ifeanyi of Nigerian Police Area Command Nnewi, was involved in a road traffic accident and sustained head injury in January 2024.

2. He was referred to Eastern Specialist Hospital Nnewi after some days at another hospital where he was taken to after the accident due to persistent loss of consciousness. Dr Ekweogwu was invited and he gave Neurosurgery care to Corporal Okona, who fully recovered and was eventually discharged. His medical bill was clearly itemized and given to him. He requested for a rebate and it was given to him. He absconded from the hospital by scaling the perimeter fence but later returned, paid part of the bills but was allowed home on self recognition to complete the balance afterwards.

3. Corporal Okona, rather than pay the balance of his bills, resorted to use intimidation to escape his debt.

Firstly, he came with armed policemen to the consulting room of Dr Ekweogwu in February 2024, to summon him without an official invitation to Nnewi Area Command of Nigerian Police Force. The Area Commander on learning about the case, admonished Corporal Okona and asked him to pay his outstanding bills for medical services given to him.
Still not satisfied, on Saturday 16th March 2024, in connivance with some policemen from Anambra SCID, they trailed Dr Ekweogwu as he was leaving his clinic in Nnewi in the afternoon, blocked him with a Toyota SUV (not an Official/branded Police vehicle) with 4 armed men in mufti identifying themselves as policemen from SCID, grabbed him and whisked him away in the boot of the vehicle. This is without any prior invitation. He was able to place a call to his wife to alert her of his situation before his phone was taken from him and switched off.

4. Dr Ekweogwu identified one of the occupants of the vehicle as Corporal Okona he had treated. While in transit for over 3 hours driving around different parts of the state, Dr Ekweogwu was being threatened to "settle" with Corporal Okona before getting to their office, which he refused.

5. Upon their arrival at SCID, in the presence of the Chairman of Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria, NAUTH Nnewi Chapter who had arrived earlier, Dr Ekweogwu was made to write a statement in response to a document of petition he was shown there. After which they drove him down to Nnewi at night, to get evidence of documentation of care he rendered to Corporal Okona.

Mad people everywhere

The rule is law is not prevailing in Africa. That's a fundamental problem

Naija na nonsense country

If youths kpai this one now , they'll be blaming the youths

Good one

Seun kuti was right after all, police kidnaps 💔

When we said endsars we meant it. This one might be among the ones from SARS that were absorbed into the force. Now see the audacity. Hmmm
This’s the reason police are NOT respected because they have lost integrity, self control and charisma 63 years ago

That Police man should be dealt with

Hmmmmmmm

Nnn

The nigerian police dont seem to disappoint. Are you sure he doesn't have a mental problem

The way I use hate Nigerian Police eehh!!!.

ThankGod say God no be man.

Just remove one kidney and return after payment

See devil in uniform. The moment they put on that uniform, they turn to a monster.

Somebody that treated you. Just with one injection you are gone forever.

Funny but Annoyingly stupid

Na d doctor I blame.

If true, fire him from the police, use his benefits to settle and compensate the doctor
Deduct a rank from all who participated in the abduction

It simple just make an announcement/ or instruct your members not to treat any policeman or member of their family in the state and see the urgency with which they will sort and apologize.
Nigeria police are just irresponsible and a keg of embarrassment to the nation and to the friends and families that they came from.

I will process this later.. this is too much for me.
If info reported us accurate, unimaginable, Severe long painful Punishment must be o the Officer(s).

#Grave grave, severe Mental illness!

If the doctor refuse to treat him now they will say nigerian doctors are wicked.

Unfortunately things like this happen so often and we have heard so many stories that we dare not go extra mile for the average nigerian in dire straits before an ungrateful person will put you in trouble.

The police man doesn't know how lucky he is to have met a neurosurgeon who treated him. He ought to have died. Many people are not as fortunate as he is. We don't even have up to 100 neurosurgeons in this entire country and they are kidnapping one.

Even police don join this kidnapping business

Naija don cast

Are yu sure his medulla oblongata is still perfect? Otherwise why should someone who save your life and mental facuties should now be under threat? Me no understand. He is definitley not in his right seneses. He should understand that the doctor saved him!!!

Ggggg