₦airaland Forum

The Incorporated Trustees of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ United Associations (SOKAPU) have filed a suit against the Minister of Works, David Umahi, over the death of Mary Habila, a nurse who died while attached to his medical team.

Naija News understands that Habila died on June 27 while at the minister’s residence, a development that has continued to attract public attention and demands for a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.

The Ebonyi State Police Command had earlier said it would proceed with an autopsy despite objections reportedly raised by members of Habila’s family.

Umahi had also written to the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police requesting that an autopsy be conducted to establish the cause of death.

In the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Kaduna, Habila Tanko Wisdom, father of the deceased, the Attorney-General of Ebonyi State and the state Commissioner of Police were also listed as respondents.

SOKAPU is seeking ₦20 billion in damages from Umahi over what it described as the loss of life arising from an alleged breach of duty of care while Habila was under his custody.

The association is also asking the court to declare that the nurse died under “unexplained, controversial and unnatural circumstances”.

According to the group, the alleged hurried removal of Habila’s remains to a mortuary without first making a formal report to the Nigeria Police Force amounted to a violation of her right to life.

It cited Section 33 of the Constitution and Article 4 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in support of its argument.

Group Demands Independent Autopsy
SOKAPU further urged the court to hold that the alleged failure to promptly conduct an independent and transparent autopsy, alongside a police investigation into the death, amounted to a “continuing violation” of fundamental rights.

The association consequently asked the court to order the relevant authorities, particularly the Ebonyi State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Police, to facilitate an independent and impartial autopsy.

It proposed that the examination be conducted by a team of pathologists and other medical experts drawn from the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria; University College Hospital, Ibadan; and the National Hospital, Abuja.

The group also wants the court to direct the police to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances and cause of Habila’s death before her remains are released for burial.

Thieves....robbers...to put it mildly!

if na one poor boy habila kpeme for his house, by now, na beating here and there. then for don put am for 60 year in prison for involuntary manslaughter.the family for don demand compensation openly. from what i gather here, the girl was an escort olosho for umahi personal use, and also a ghost staff of umahi university, but payroll of federal government. she was breadwinner of their family, who have been paid by umahi after her demise. the socalled autopsy ginger ginger by umahi is formality to save face, and for good "public image" behind the scene, her family have been heavily paid, hence the dad says all he wants was her corpse. hence against those who want autopsy. she was an expendable, cannon fodder or chaff

When they FINE these ones for filing a FRIVOLOUS lawsuits, they'll call a WITCH HUNT.

Good move, her father thought because she was his daughter he can close the case, the truth is that once a child is born and the parents obtained birth certificate, the child automatically become government's property and not only for the parents, if anything happened to that child a responsible government is constitutionally right to take action without authorization of the parents.

To much wahala for dead body

Habila's family members are not acting in the interest of their late daughter..

They have clearly sold that lady's life to Umahi and closed shop. However, well-meaning citizens will not allow that to happen.

Ultimately, the corpse belongs to the government and the facts must be unraveled for security sake.

You can't simply demand that the government hand you your daughter's corpse, in a suspected murder case in the USA or UK.

In fact, you will be marked as an potential accomplice and a suspected collaborator.

Eba50:
if na one poor boy habila kpeme for his house, by now, na beating here and there. then for don put am for 60 year in prison for involuntary manslaughter.the family for don demand compensation openly. from what i gather here, the girl was an escort olosho for umahi personal use,

Can you provide evidence for the bolded if you're picked up by the Police and told to shed more light on the issue?

Parachoko:
Can you provide evidence for the bolded if you're picked up by the Police and told to shed more light on the issue?

yes. .1. they lied she was therapist b4 the association said she wasn't member. 2. they later said she worked with state university named under umahi, but paid by federal government. y will someone work for state and be paid be federal government. 3. they said she just went to his house about a few days to her death, b4 umahi said she had been living in their quarters. ogami, the iies and counter lies plenty

Glad they have come to their senses

How Umahi want use get 20Billion. Their lawyer no advice them well. How much is the salary of a minister.

Where's the evidence without autopsy?

Jobless association
Everyone too wan chop out of the national cake

Whatever is hidden in the eyes of men, is not hidden in the eyes of God.

No matter how long it takes, the truth will surely come out one day.

This will pile more pressure on Umahi and put to question his future political ambitions. He didn't act professionally, coming on TV to say "boyfriend this, boyfriend that, as if the relationship between himself and the deceased shouldn't have been professional."

How it took Sahara reporters expose for them to admit Marys death, two weeks after the unfortunate incident, leaves a lot of unanswered questions?

Daily trusts essay on the subject matter yesterday revealed that the said university they claimed she was seconded from failed to confirm if she was a staff. There's just a lot of gaps that only a thorough investigation can fill.