The Campaign for Democracy (CD)
has accused the federal government of contributing to the death of Alex
Ekwueme, former vice-president.
Ekwueme died on November 20 in a
London hospital.
The federal government had
directed that the former vice-president should be flown abroad for treatment
and had taken responsibility for his medical expenses.
Speaking on Monday, CD, through
Uzor Uzor, its national publicity secretary and chairman, south-east zone,
reportedly blamed the federal government for the death of the elder statesman.
According to Vanguard, Uzor said
FG should be accountable for Ekwueme’s death for “abandoning him to his fate”.
Uzor was quoted to have said: “By
the virtue of section 180 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigerian, as amended, his
medical bills must be taken care of by the Nigerian government. So, when the
former Vice President heard that his bills were not going to be footed by the
government, he felt disappointed by a country he labored for and collapsed and
died; that was what led to his death.
“He died as a result of federal
government’s abandonment.
“So federal government of Nigeria
should be blamed for his death. He was a man who had been taking care of
himself since he left office, very content and not disturbing successive
governments in the country for any benefit.
“They should have allowed him to
take care of himself like he had been doing over the years both in and outside
Nigeria. Why must federal government get involved this time, only to abandon
him where they had taken him and allowed him to die there?”
Uzor was further quoted as saying
“the federal government must take full responsibility and blame for the death
of Dr Alex Ekwueme, and if they fail to accept full responsibility and blame of
the death of the former vice-pesident of Nigeria, at the expiration of 21 day
from Monday, CD will mobilize Nigerians and the like minds to protest against
the present Nigerian federal government”.
Femi Adesina, presidential
spokesman, was not available for comment as he neither picked his calls nor
replied messages sent to him.
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