Gov Nwifuru Orders Immediate Arrest, Prosecution Of 6 Over Diversion, Sabotage

Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of Mr Ndukwe Ayansi and five others for allegedly diverting materials meant for the state’s health ministry.

In a statement signed by the chief press secretary to the state governor, Dr Monday Uzor and made available to LEADERSHIP, he said that the governor, while on his way to inspect state government projects, sighted a Toyota Dyana truck loading registers, books and other materials from the warehouse in the Ministry of Health.

Dr Uzor stated that the governor, upon sighting the truck, immediately drove into the secretariat and made inquiries. Not satisfied with the answers, he probed further and discovered that patients’ data registers, cards, and a host of other documents had already been moved into the vehicle.

He maintained that the governor also discovered that all the documents had already been sold without government approval.

At the crime scene, Governor Nwifuru described the action as a sabotage of the government’s efforts to reposition the health sector.

“ ou are selling government documents without approval on a Saturday afternoon. Our hospitals in rural areas are requesting registers, data entry forms, and hospital cards. Sadly, the ones the government has produced are being sold by you,” he said.

Meanwhile, the suspects have been handed over to the police while the investigation continues.