• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Doctor’s Murder: NMA Threatens To Shut Down Hospitals In Delta

by Felix Igbekoyi
3 years ago
in News
murder
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) South-South Caucus/Zone has threatened to shut down all hospitals in Delta State to protest the murder of one of its members, Dr Uyi Iluobe.

Advertisement

The association, however, threatened to commence one week shut down of hospitals in Delta after its press conference billed for Wednesday, January 4, 2022.

“That the relevant security agencies step up their efforts to arrest the perpetrators of this heinous crime within five days, after which the South- South caucus may not be able to guarantee the rendering of normal medical services in the entire South-South zone.

NMA made the threat following the reported murder of Iluobe, an ordained minister with the Church of God Mission Ministries, in his privately-owned hospital (Olivet Clinic) in Oghareki, Ethiope West local government area of Delta state.

While a version of reports say the medical doctor was allegedly killed by unknown assailants on the evening of 29th December 2022, another version says he was alleged to have been attacked and killed by the relatives of his patient at the hospital.

RELATED

Over 20m Nigerians Living With Hepatitis, Says UCH CMD

Nurses’ Strike: Families Evacuate Patients From PHCs In Plateau

4 minutes ago
160 Pregnant Women Benefit From Rotary’s Maternal, Child Health Outreach In FCT

160 Pregnant Women Benefit From Rotary’s Maternal, Child Health Outreach In FCT

18 minutes ago

Sources said to be close to the family had revealed that Dr Uyi had received numerous threats in the course of his selfless services in the community.

But a version from Delta state police command over the incident has it that the deceased was in the consulting room with a patient (who is currently at large) who came in with severe pains and was being reviewed urgently without registration in medical records when suddenly the assailants came in and shot him dead.

The lady (supposed patient) and the assassins left hurriedly in a car parked outside the hospital while other hospital staffs were all lying face down and in fear.

According to account of the deceased family, few days before he was assassinated, a gunshot victim was brought to the hospital and in following the laws, he advised that they would need to provide a police report before treatment is commenced but they rather insisted that the victim be treated off police notification.

“He refused and they took the gunshot victim away angrily and furiously”, sources said.

Reacting to the incident, the NMA South-South Caucus/Zone, in a statement on Tuesday, signed by Dr Udoka Imoisili, Chairman, NMA Edo State branch/South-South Caucus and Dr Collins Otoikhila Secretary, NMA Edo State branch/South-South Caucus/ZEC, said they received with rude shock the news of the gruesome murder of lluobe.

“While the South-South caucus/zone in conjunction with the Delta State branch of NMA is working hard to unravel the circumstances behind this unwarranted murder of a dutiful medical doctor, the zone strongly condemns this dastardly act and in the interim, resolves as follows.

The national president of NMA, Dr Uche Ojinmah, on Monday, in an earlier statement, had urged the National Assembly to criminalise violence against healthcare workers in the country.

Ojinmah said, “The Nigerian Medical Association received with shock and sadness the news of the murder on December 31, 2022, of Dr Iluobe by the relatives of his patient at Oghara, where his practice was based.

“The above scenario being the response of the relatives to the loss of a patient from suspected gunshot injuries can never be justified and has taken violence against doctors and other healthcare workers from injuries to murder.

“It is unbelievable that in the face of a debilitating medical brain drain, the few doctors that patriotically decided to stay back and take care of our fellow citizens are being murdered by same Nigerians.

“While we sympathize with the family of the patient that was lost, we strongly condemn this murder and call on the Government of Delta State, and the Inspector-General of Police to, as a matter of urgency, to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to book so as to assuage the pain we feel. A man should not be murdered for the selfless act of being on duty on New Year’s Eve.”


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel




SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

Atiku Fully Behind Gov Bala Mohammed’s Re-election – Sen Ningi

Next Post

Nigeria Records 23,550 Cholera Cases, 583 Deaths

Felix Igbekoyi

Felix Igbekoyi

You May Like

Over 20m Nigerians Living With Hepatitis, Says UCH CMD
Health

Nurses’ Strike: Families Evacuate Patients From PHCs In Plateau

2025/07/31
160 Pregnant Women Benefit From Rotary’s Maternal, Child Health Outreach In FCT
Health

160 Pregnant Women Benefit From Rotary’s Maternal, Child Health Outreach In FCT

2025/07/31
Federal Gov’t To Tackle Hidden Burden Of Brain, Spine Disorders
News

Federal Gov’t To Tackle Hidden Burden Of Brain, Spine Disorders

2025/07/31
tinubu
News

Tinubu Tasks Transport Stakeholders On Timely Investigation Of Accidents

2025/07/31
Professionals Want Kwara Varsity Of Education In Igbomina
News

Nurses’ Strike Takes Toll On Services In Kwara Hospitals

2025/07/31
Soldier Kills Truck Driver For Refusing To Pay Bribe In Borno
News

JUST-IN: Zulum Reshuffles Cabinet, Drops 2 Commissioners, Names Replacement

2025/07/31
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Nurses’ Strike: Families Evacuate Patients From PHCs In Plateau

160 Pregnant Women Benefit From Rotary’s Maternal, Child Health Outreach In FCT

Federal Gov’t To Tackle Hidden Burden Of Brain, Spine Disorders

Tinubu Tasks Transport Stakeholders On Timely Investigation Of Accidents

West Ham Confirm Lucas Paquetá Cleared Of Betting Allegations

Sokoto Governor, Statistics And Good Governance

Police Warn Against Diversion Of Agric Materials, Others In Yobe

Nurses’ Strike Takes Toll On Services In Kwara Hospitals

JUST-IN: Zulum Reshuffles Cabinet, Drops 2 Commissioners, Names Replacement

2027: Only Atiku Can Rescue Nigeria From Economic, Security Woes — Kalu

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.