METUH SYMPATHIZES WITH EFCC BOSS... Says Anybody, Irrespective Of Age And Apparent Vitality, Can Be Confronted With A Serious Health Challenge At Any Point".

Olisa Metuh

"The development not only points to the frailties of human beings but also to the fact that anybody, irrespective of age and apparent vitality, can be confronted with a serious health challenge at any point".... Olisa Metuh.

Following the collapse of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC at the National Identity Day, an event held in the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, 16th September, 2021, a former National Publicity Secretary of the People's Democratic Party PDP, Olisa Metuh has called to sympathize with the anti-graft Czar.  

Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement issued and signed by his Personal Assistant, Ebiloma Abdullahi, noted that, "the development not only points to the frailties of human beings but also to the fact that anybody, irrespective of age and apparent vitality, can be confronted with a serious health challenge at any point".

The respected former PDP spokesperson in the statement, noted that, "if such can happen to the youthful Commission’s chairman, who is not even under the stress of trial, then it should serve as a lesson to the EFCC, particularly, its media department, on the impropriety of labelling and making mockery of defendants and suspects confronted with health challenges".

"Nigerians can recall how the EFCC had gone to the media to unjustly label, mock and deride Chief Metuh when he fell ill during his trial; how he was forced to attend court on hospital stretcher, wheelchair and crutches, and how he was denied access to medical treatment despite manifest traumatic and life-threatening health challenge he faced", the statement read.

"Nigerians can recall how the EFCC mocked and satirized Chief Metuh when he collapsed in the courtroom on one of the days he was forced to come to court despite his health challenge".

"Chief Metuh counsels the EFCC Chairman to immediately get medical attention so as not to experience the pains, complications, trauma and dangers he (Metuh) faced when he was denied access to medical treatment by Justice Okon Abang following the hardstand adopted by the EFCC, which he now chairs".

"In the same vein, Chief Metuh urges Nigerians, especially those with busy and tasking schedules, to pay more attention to their health situation so as to avoid such scenarios".