The member of the Rivers State House of
Assembly, Mr. Michael Chinda, who was hit with a mace by the Majority
Leader, Mr. Chidi Lloyd, has been transferred from the Cromwell Hospital
in London to an undisclosed hospital for security reasons.
Chinda, who sustained head injuries
during a free-for-all that took place in the chambers of the state House
of Assembly on July 9, 2013, was taken to a London hospital for medical
attention.
Though an international online news portal had reported that Chinda had been discharged from the London hospital, a source gathered that the injured lawmaker was taken away from the hospital for security reasons.
The Peoples Democratic Party in the state had flown the lawmaker abroad after being admitted for a few days in a local hospital.
Speaking in a telephone interview with
our correspondent, the state Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Felix Obuah, said
it was not true that Chinda had been treated and discharged from the
hospital.
Obuah explained that the huge number of
people streaming into the Cromwell Hospital to see the injured lawmaker,
representing Obio/Akpor Constituency 2, made the issue of securing
Chinda’s life difficult.
He said though Chinda had yet to recover
from the injuries sustained after being hit with a mace, the lawmaker’s
health was stable.
“It is wrong for any person to say that
he (Chinda) has been discharged. But for security reasons, we made sure
that he was transferred out of the hospital.
“We had to transfer him to another
hospital because a lot of people were trooping in an out of the hospital
to see him. The moment we made our visit to the hospital public, many
people we don’t know began to visit Chinda.
“So, we had to move him out for security
reasons because we did not want anything untoward to happen to him. For
now, we do not intend to tell anybody the hospital where Chinda has
been admitted,” the state PDP chairman added.
On the specific health condition of the
lawmaker, Obuah said Chinda had begun to talk, adding that the lawmaker
sometimes hallucinates while trying to speak.
The state PDP chairman also said Chinda
could only walk with the assistance of a nurse and his wife, describing
the the lawmaker’s injury as severe.
He explained that the law should be
allowed to take its course in the case concerning the assault against
Chinda and maintained that nobody was above the law.
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he got wot he wants. How can he organize thugs wit d other 4 of his colleagues n invade d state hose just bc his 1st ladies place. He shld be arrested together wit his 4 colleagues n d commissioner of police for prosecution. Nigerian is not a lawless state,while is d govt prosecuting only one party leaving d other party. He dt comes to equitty must come wit clean hands.
ReplyDeletehe got wot he wants. How can he organize thugs wit d other 4 of his colleagues n invade d state hose just bc his 1st ladies place. He shld be arrested together wit his 4 colleagues n d commissioner of police for prosecution. Nigerian is not a lawless state,while is d govt prosecuting only one party leaving d other party. He dt comes to equitty must come wit clean hands.
ReplyDeleteRubbish as usual!!!
ReplyDeleteHow do you expect our leaders and other Nigerians to be respected outside the soil of this country?
A whole lawmaker whose responsibility is to ensure the betterment of his people in terms of modern infrastructures, good medical arrangement, and the provision of other necessary stuffs for the advantage of the people they represent. However, very unfortunate a law maker in Rivers assembly had a medical issue and was flown to United Kingdom for medical actions at the expense of Govt/public wallet.
We can't continue like this. Al these oblivious leaders can't continuing leading us thoughtlessly, we must to fight against this.
A whole Nelson Mandela as rated as one of the most cherished and respected human being on earth has been on sickbed since all these while yet Mandiba is still in South Africa taking treatment; nobody thought of taking him to UK or US nor Germany for medical treatment.
Ghanaians barely take their people for foreign treatment but ours is to take our people to abroad because the facilities are not there and that is one of the reasons why Nigerians are dyeing daily because our leaders don’t care.
With this Obodo Oyinbo therapeutic arrangement, Stella Obasanjo died besides; some of our governors like Suntan were moved to hospital in abroad for treatments but why not in Nigeria.
The former late president Yaradua was taken to Egypt military hospital in Cairo and that was the only time the man had a remarkable improvement on his health before his death, Just in Egypt. Nigeria has military hospitals in Port Harcourt, Enugu, Lagos, Kaduna etc. but go there and see if an ordinary councillor will allow himself taking treatment at one of the mentioned hospitals talk less of a whole president simply because the government don’t care.
Fellow Nigerians, I guess we must to put an end to this because it is of no doubt and as such, it is evidently clear that our leaders aren’t ready to build this country but to loot the treasury.
Good talk,I heard there was a political party registered by the youths.I don't know how true. I think a forum has to be created to purge this country of these shameless gluttons in power.
Deletemy advice to the youth or thug, if politician use u and in the process u are injured no one we fly u to abroad for treatment, they are selfish. be guided
ReplyDeleteAnd Amaechi can also provide state of the art hospital in his state or better still consult with his colleague in Abia State
ReplyDeletenot so good
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