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NMA demands apology from EFCC over assault on UUTH prof, threaten N1bn lawsuit

From Isaac Job, Uyo 
Akwa Ibom State Chapter of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has demanded a public apology from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over what it described as physical, emotional, professional, and institutional damages caused to members of the association. 
The NMA also threatened a N1 billion lawsuit for damages against the anti-graft agency.
Operatives of the EFCC reportedly assaulted Ekpe, a professor of Cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, while the NMA chairman, Professor Aniekan Peter, was tear gassed.
These were captured in a 10-point communique read to journalists by the NMA at the end of its emergency...

Source: Sun News Online

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