The Middle Belt Forum on Sunday
provided a detailed insight on how one of its promoters and former Deputy
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia died at the
University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja.
The organization said his case
was shabbily treated by doctors.
The National Publicity Secretary
of MBF, Dr. Isuwa Dogo, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja.
The statement read, “The death of the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, this (Sunday) morning came to us as a great shock.
“As someone who relentlessly
participated in the activities of the Middle Belt Forum, his untimely death has
dealt a deadly blow on ethnic nationalities of not only the Middle Belt but the
country at large.
“Arising from various enquiries
from Nigerians over the circumstances of his death, the Forum wishes to state
as follows: That Dr Mailafia arrived in Abuja last Sunday, September 12, 2021,
from Akure and was received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by his
wife.
“On arrival at home, the wife
noticed he was not in the best of health conditions and seemed to be suffering
from malaria. After three days of treatment without signs of improvement, he
went to the CBN Hospital on Friday, September 17, 2021, where he was shabbily
treated. It took the intervention of a senior medic who immediately placed him
on oxygen and admitted him.
“Dr. Mailafia was later given the
option of choosing three Hospitals: Gwagwalada Hospital, National Hospital and
EHA Clinics. The wife opted for the third choice. On arrival at the EHA
Clinics, the wife was subjected to yet another moment of anxiety as it took a
direct order from the top management of the Hospital to accept him.
“After few hours of treatment,
the EHA Clinics told the wife that it was expedient to transfer the former CBN
Deputy Governor to Gwagwalada as the clinic was not fully equipped to handle
the case.
“The wife opposed the decision
and insisted that she was opposed to the idea of taking her husband to
Gwagwalada. Mailafia’s wife only succumbed when the consultant assured her that
nothing bad will happen to her husband.
“Yesterday, Saturday, September 18, 2021, Dr
Obadiah was transferred to Gwagwalada. on arrival, the name of the doctor that
was billed to attend to Dr. Mailafia was not on duty. Even when an attempt was
made by foreign health consultants to save the situation, the doctor on duty
got angry and said he was not obligated to listen to any foreign consultants
that had been brought into the matter with the sole purpose of ensuring nothing
goes wrong.
“Wife of the former CBN Deputy
Governor was asked to pay the sum of N600,000 as a deposit even when it was a
referral case, with an accruing medical bill to be settled by the CBN. At a
point, Dr Mailafia complained over his breathing problems and pleaded with the
doctors to place him on a ventilator. The doctors flatly refused.
“Even after the doctors declared
Dr Mailafia dead, foreign consultants who were brought into the matter through
Dr Mailafia’s son that is living abroad, had directed a family member who is a
medical professional, with the wife of the CBN Deputy Governor, to mount
pressure on the chest of Dr Mailafia for resuscitation and thereafter place him
on life support.
“The doctors in Gwagwalada
refused all entreaties by the family members of Dr. Mailafia to follow the advice
of the foreign consultants, insisting that they have already pronounced him
dead. Even when the wife could feel the pulse of her husband, the doctor flatly
declared there was nothing they could do since they had already pronounced him
dead.
“While the above narration sums
up the circumstances under which Dr. Mailafia died, we still await the result
of the actual cause of his death. As a nationalist and patriot that he was, Dr.
Mailafia was completely dedicated to the emancipation of ethnic nationalities
from the clutches of oppression.
“The economist was never afraid
to speak truth to power just as he remained committed to the enthronement of
justice and equity to all citizens across ethnic and religious divides.
“In the twilight of his life,
this consummate technocrat and global scholar of repute beamed his searchlight
on the raging insecurity ravaging our country. He expressed regrets over the
government’s incapacity to rein in the activities of insurgents and criminal
groups terrorising the nation.
“The death of Dr. Mailafia today
represents a dark day for not only the Middle Belt but also for all citizens
who yearn for a new dawn for justice in Nigeria.”
Efforts to reach officials of the
hospital proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.
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