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The Federal Government has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of the suspect who allegedly stabbed a Medical Laboratory Scientist, Lawal Toheeb Olasunkanmi, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Adekunle Salako, made the demand while condemning the attack on the health worker, describing the incident as an unacceptable act of violence against medical personnel.

The minister’s position was contained in a statement issued by the ministry’s Assistant Director of Information and Public Relations, Ado Bako.

Salako stressed that disagreements over medical treatment or hospital services should never result in physical attacks on healthcare workers, who must be able to perform their duties in a safe environment.

He urged patients and their relatives who are dissatisfied with hospital services to channel their complaints through the appropriate procedures rather than resorting to violence.

The minister called on the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that the suspect is arrested without delay and prosecuted in accordance with the law.

He also assured Nigerians that the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare would closely monitor the case to ensure that justice is served.

According to Salako, the incident has once again highlighted the urgent need to strengthen measures to protect healthcare workers across federal tertiary hospitals in the country.

He recalled that the ministry introduced safety measures on August 5, 2026, to improve security in healthcare facilities and prevent attacks on medical personnel.

The measures include strengthening security arrangements within hospitals, establishing teams to prevent violence, improving systems for reporting attacks and enhancing cooperation between hospital management and law enforcement agencies.

Other provisions include improving the channels through which patients and their relatives can submit complaints and seek redress over issues encountered during treatment.

Salako urged hospital administrators to ensure the full implementation of the safety measures, noting that the guidelines must provide practical protection for healthcare workers rather than remain mere policy documents.

The minister maintained that medical personnel should not have to work under the threat of violence while providing essential services to patients.

He also appealed to health workers who had embarked on industrial action at FMC Abeokuta following the stabbing incident to return to their duties immediately.

Salako said resuming work would help prevent further disruption of medical services and protect the interests of patients and members of the public who depend on the hospital for healthcare.

He reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring the safety of health workers and called for stronger cooperation among hospital authorities, security agencies, patients and their relatives to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Diamonddris:
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silibaba:
Are you speaking in tougue?

Diamonddris:
This is so disheartening, as a Medical laboratory scientist, please always be at alert.. Normally patients are not even supposed to see the Laboratory scientist.. Because they are the oracle of modern medicine,they are always supposed to be inside inside, doing service to ungrateful humanity/ Nigerians.. Before you see a laboratory scientist in those days, you'd have to pass through atleast five doors, and it has to be very important.. Because u just don't see an oracle, u seek for permission to consult an oracle

Show101:
FMC Abeokuta is the worst FMC in Nigeria. The doctors are medical staff there are the meanest kind of human beings on earth. My mother was a victim of their mean attitude.

Sensiblerealist:
It's not just FMCs, most Government healthcare institutions in Nigeria are shit"y in all aspects of service delivery. Even manyprivate hospitals are not left out. I absolutely do not support the stabbing incident but if you have experienced the inhumanity of these useless professionals, you will understand that there is just thing line between maintaining you cool and going overboard. My wife lost a pregnancy we've waited 7 years for at a General hospital due to useless bureaucracies. Go here, go there, do these tests, come back next week, com back for another round, Next week, you will pick a date for appointment with doctor etc. At the end, if they had done their job at first, they would have detected an anomaly and most likely, remedy the situation. I was so mad that I gently drove away cuz I was shaking in anger and felt like hitting that woman who felt no compassion with an iron rod

Diamonddris:
This is so disheartening, as a Medical laboratory scientist, please always be at alert.. Normally patients are not even supposed to see the Laboratory scientist.. Because they are the oracle of modern medicine,they are always supposed to be inside inside, doing service to ungrateful humanity/ Nigerians.. Before you see a laboratory scientist in those days, you'd have to pass through atleast five doors, and it has to be very important.. Because u just don't see an oracle, u seek for permission to consult an oracle

toyosiolamide:
What sort of comment is this?🤔🤔🤔

Sleezwizz:
Just imagine. Frustrated fellow

Oxygenmayo:
Sorry about that.

I must say that three things in Nigeria that must not happen to you:

1. Police wahala
2. Having to be admitted in Nigeria hospital, whether government or private.
3. Insecurity

May God not allow us to be victims of human error and wickedness

Estello:
https://applesbite.com/fg-demands-arrest-prosecution-of-fmc-abeokuta-stabbing-suspect/

Diamonddris:
This is so disheartening, as a Medical laboratory scientist, please always be at alert.. Normally patients are not even supposed to see the Laboratory scientist.. Because they are the oracle of modern medicine,they are always supposed to be inside inside, doing service to ungrateful humanity/ Nigerians.. Before you see a laboratory scientist in those days, you'd have to pass through atleast five doors, and it has to be very important.. Because u just don't see an oracle, u seek for permission to consult an oracle

Sensiblerealist:
It's not just FMCs, most Government healthcare institutions in Nigeria are shit"y in all aspects of service delivery. Even manyprivate hospitals are not left out. I absolutely do not support the stabbing incident but if you have experienced the inhumanity of these useless professionals, you will understand that there is just thing line between maintaining you cool and going overboard. My wife lost a pregnancy we've waited 7 years for at a General hospital due to useless bureaucracies. Go here, go there, do these tests, come back next week, com back for another round, Next week, you will pick a date for appointment with doctor etc. At the end, if they had done their job at first, they would have detected an anomaly and most likely, remedy the situation. I was so mad that I gently drove away cuz I was shaking in anger and felt like hitting that woman who felt no compassion with an iron rod

Basic123:
One from one overzealour MLS student echoing what their lecturer tells them in a very unrelevant situation

Estello:
https://applesbite.com/fg-demands-arrest-prosecution-of-fmc-abeokuta-stabbing-suspect/