Former Plateau State Governor
Joshua Dariye is said to be down with renal failure.
The Nation reports that Dariye is
currently hospitalised at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital,
Gwagwalada.
The paper quoted a government
source, who pleaded not to be named, as saying that Dariye needed prayers.
The source said: “I have gone to
see him. He is having serious health challenges. From my finding and from the
doctor, his ailment is kidney failure and it is critical.”
The Nigeria Prisons Service
(NPS), FCT Command Public Relations Officer (PRO), Chukwuedo Humphrey,
confirmed that Dariye is hospitalized, but he declined to state his ailment.
He said the Service had been
managing his illness since last October.
Humphrey said: “I will not
mention the name of the illness to you and the hospital where he is. Normally
people whose health we can’t manage we refer outside for proper medical attention.
We have been managing his illness since October/November.”
Asked when Dariye will be
discharged, the NPS spokesman said: “It is the doctor who knows when he can be
discharged. We have now limited the number of people visiting him at the
hospital. We are just allowing his wife, close family and friends, and law
enforcement personnel. Tight security is around him just as if he is in the
prison cell.”
“His wife is always allowed
around him. And she is always full of praises to the NPS for the proper medical
attention. And his court hearings are ongoing, he does not need to appear in
court. His lawyers are there to defend him.
“Because of his health challenge,
he opted for self-feeding. Because we cannot be cooking any special food for
him. His family brings food for him.”
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