Kogi state’s house of assembly majority leader has been accused of leading an attack against doctors at the federal teaching hospital in Lokoja, after losing a loved one.
The attackers were also accused of destroying some equipment at the hospital and also disarming the security guard who tried restoring order at the hospital.
Twitter user @K_f2d who shared videos from the scene tweeted;
“My team was called to the A&E to review a new patient. A group of men in kaftan broke through the gate and started demanding for the doctors on duty. Apparently, they lost a patient. And they came for the doctors. One of them, I learnt, is a political leader.
“I was looking at them, confused, because I don’t even know the patient in question. Next thing I know, the leader stoned his phones at me. We were just 3 doctors there. We stood up from there and went inside. They broke into the room where we were, held me and my male colleague, almost tearing our shirts. I was too confused to speak. They were so many. We managed to break away from the A&E and left to another ward. These men started destroying things in the A&E, beating any worker they saw, nurses, doctors, security
“The CSO came at them with a gun, as they had become really violent. They wrestled the gun from the man, with several shots released during the struggle. The hospital gate was locked. We are currently hiding in different locations in the hospital
“I was able to record this in the midst of the chaos. This is happening at Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja. We are currently still in hiding. They have disarmed the security men in the hospital. I don’t feel safe.
“The man in white kaftan was the one that assaulted us. He’s the majority leader in the Kogi state house of assembly. He was the one that stoned his phones at me, hit me and my colleague, and lead the violence. Here you can see him trying to wrest the gun out of the CSO”
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