The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has written the Inspector General of Police (IGP); and demanded immediate arrest and probe of the police officer who fired the gun shot that injured a medical doctor, Bede Azudialo, during the peaceful protest of its state Chapter in Imo State.
Besides, the association demanded that both the police officer and the commander, who ordered the firing “of the near fatal missile that injured our member, Dr Bede Azudialo, be identified and subjected to appropriate action according to the law.”
In the letter dated February 9, 2016, the NMA also insisted that the hospital bills incurred in the course of his treatment should be borne by the so-identified officers.
In the letter signed by the President of NMA, Dr Kayode Obembe and the Secretary Genetal, Dr Adewunmi Alayaki, the association condemned the Police action despite the fact that the association had earlier sought and got the permission of the Police. The letter read: “The national secretariat of the noble association is aware as we gathered that the officers of the association in the state sought and got the cooperation of the state command of Nigerian Police Force to enable them embark on the peaceful demonstration without violence or rowdiness should infiltrators from members of the public join the group.
“NMA is therefore in shock that an orderly procession of unequivocally identifiable members of the medical profession, who have previously sought and gotten the assurance of protection from the police, could be so assaulted with tear gases and other forms of brutality leading to the infliction of a deadly injury to the head of one of them.”
It added: “In the light of the foregoing therefore, NMA as a law abiding professional association wishes to state unambiguously that the draconian, vindictive and violent action meted out to our members who were simply bemoaning their fate in the face of the mistreatment they are subjected to by Imo State government stands condemnable before all men and women of good conscience.
“All expressed as well as conceived threats against the executive and other members of NMA in Imo state be withdrawn immediately and their safety guaranteed as law abiding citizens of Nigeria are entitled to.
“The erring officer and/or the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police should offer an unreserved apology to Dr Azudialo, Imo state chapter of the NMA and Nigerian doctors in general.
By: Soji-Eze Fagbemi
Tribune News
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