A medical doctor with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu State, Dr Egbe Camillus, has raised the alarm over failed attempt to assassinate him, calling on police to investigate who was behind it. Egbe, a Registrar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of UNTH, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, noted that except for the timely intervention and vigilance of personnel of the Enugu State Neighbourhood watch, Ugboezeji Abakpa-Nike unit who quickly apprehended the suspect, he wouldn't know whether he would have been alive till date.
Nigerian Medical Doctor Raises Alarm, Petitions Police As Suspected Assassin Breaks Into Teaching HospitalEgbe, a Registrar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of UNTH, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, noted that except for the timely intervention and vigilance of personnel of the Enugu State Neighbourhood watch, Ugboezeji Abakpa-Nike unit who quickly apprehended the suspect, he wouldn't know whether he would have been alive till date.
Narrating the alleged attempt to assassinate him, Egbe said,"On the December 19, 2022 at about 12 midnight, I saw a young man sitting inside the uncompleted building in front of Treluck Hospital and I alerted the Ugboezeji Abakpa- Nike neighbourhood security men that came and arrested the suspect, a young man.
Following the suspect's refusal to mention names of those who paid to eliminate him, Egbe said he petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, through his lawyer. and for the purpose of this correspondence refer to him as our client on whose behest we write as instructed. "However, we were told that our client's ordeal and fear will not be assuaged unless the hoodlum confesses as to the persons behind the veil that hired him for this sinister motive and this can only be achieved if the investigation activities is tackled further by a tactical squad/ formation of the Police Force.
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