EFCC Opens Investigation As Uyo Teaching Hospital Don Alleges Trauma From Operatives

The University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, came under intense gunfire and teargas on Tuesday, 12 May, which caused panic and stampede as apprehensive workers fled with teary eyes. The deputy chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee (DC – MAC), Prof Eyo Ekpe, was seized by masked, fierce-looking operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Our correspondents, INIOBONG EKPONTA and EJIKE EJIKE, report on the issues surrounding the entire saga.
For Prof Eyo Ekpe, the third-ranking officer of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), along Olusegun Obasanjo Way (Abak Road), Uyo, these are not the best of times for the medical consultan...