A Consultant Family Physician in the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, FMC, Dr. Bende Azudialo, was allegedly shot in the head by a policeman during the peaceful demonstration by medical practitioners in Imo State,yesterday.
According to Vanguard,speaking during a press conference in Owerri, the State Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Hyacinth Emele said
“If the policeman that fired the lethal shot is not identified and prosecuted, doctors will commence indefinite industrial action.
The security agencies and Imo State Government should note that all hospitals in the state will close shop thereafter until the erring policeman is fished out and punished”,The initial report we got from the medical team was that Dr. Azudialo lost about 1.5 litres of blood when he was rushed to the hospital and that was a substantial loss”,
Dr. Darlington Akukwu said the Nigerian Medical Association NMA formally wrote the Commissioner of Police, the Directorate of State Security, DSS, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, and all other related agencies to inform them about the peaceful protest.
“We processed peacefully until we got to Orlu Road Roundabout. The police barricaded the road and when we tried to explain our mission to them, they started firing teargas canisters. One of them later fired a shot that wounded Dr. Azudialo”,
