A group under the Umbrella of Campaign for Democracy, CD, has accused the president Muhammadu Buhari led federal government of Nigeria of abandoning the former vice president Alex Ekweme in London hospital resulting to his death.
Campaign for Democracy in a statement through its South East Zonal chairman cum National Publicity Secretary Dede Uzor alleged that the Nigerian government flew Late Dr Ekwueme to London when his health condition got stabilized and subsequently abandoned him to his fate and became frustrated and died in London clinic.
Uzor while quoting Section 180 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigerian, as amended, which states that his medical bills must be taken care of by the Nigerian government said “the Secretary to the federal government of Nigeria, SGF, made a press statement that federal government would not take the responsibility of the medical bills of late Dr Ekwueme, forgetting that he was a former Vice President of Nigeria.
According to Uzor, when the former Vice President heard that his bills were not going to footed by the government, he felt disappointed by a country he labored for, he collapsed which later led to his death. He died as a result of the federal government’s abandonment. So the federal government of Nigeria should be blamed for his death. He had been taking care of himself ever since he left office, very content and not disturbing successive governments in the country for any benefit.
Uzor in the statement said “The Federal government must take full responsibility and blame for the death of Dr Alex Ekwueme, and if they fail to accept full responsibility and blame of the death of the former vice President of Nigeria, at the expiration of 21 days from Monday, CD will mobilize Nigerians and the like minds to protest against the present Nigerian Federal Government. Personally as the National Publicity Secretary, and Chairman of CD in the South East Zone, at the expiration of the 21 days, I will go into hunger strike from 6am to 6pm daily, and will take a particular strategic position to embark on the hunger strike, while I will also address a press conference to give those people who are in Aso Rock a message that is high time they start realizing that those who served Nigeria meritoriously deserves our respect, protection and care. “If you tell a man who is in coma that you are not going to take care of him, when he rightly deserves that right, what do you call marginalization, this is one of the things the Igbos are agitating against, it will not continue if this country must be one.”
