EFCC Orders Probe Into Alleged Incident At Uyo Teaching Hospital

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ordered an internal investigation into a recent incident involving its operatives and staff of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The Commission said the probe became necessary following allegations of brutality made by the hospital management, insisting that while it had not seen evidence of bodily harm, it would investigate the circumstances of the encounter.
EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said the agency would not hesitate to sanction any officer found to have acted outside its operational procedures.
“Even though we have not seen any physical evidence of such brutality in terms of bodily...