Angry leaders of the
Academic Staff Union of
Universities were said to
have chased away the
Governor of Kogi State,
Idris Wada from the
emergency ward of the
Lokoja General Hospital
on Tuesday.
Wada had gone to the
hospital to visit their
injured colleague, Dr.
Ngozi Ilo, and
commiserate with them
over the death of their
former President, Prof.
Festus Iyayi, in an
accident caused by his
convoy.
"Somebody that did
not stop after his
convoy killed our
leader; somebody
that did not come to
the hospital until
some minutes to
5pm (on Tuesday)
after the accident
that happened
around 11am could
not be said to be
caring. That was
why we chased him
out of the emergency
ward of the hospital
and we also
prevented him from
seeing Prof. Iyayi’s
corpse in the
mortuary."
The ASUU leaders,
including Dr. Biodun
Ogunyemi; the Ibadan
Zonal Coordinator, Dr.
Nassir Adesola; the
Chairman, Lagos State
University chapter, Dr.
Adekunle Idris; and
lecturers chased the
governor away.
Their grouse was Gov
Wada’s late response to
the accident and the
uncaring attitude he
allegedly displayed on the
scene towards the union
leaders involved in the
accident. They also
accused him of trying to
make a political gain out
of their misfortune.
Dr Adekunnle Idris, who
confirmed that Wada was
chased out of the
emergency ward, said,
“We are surprised that a
state governor could
resort to telling lies
because contrary to the
claim by his
spokesperson that he
showed care towards our
colleagues, he did not.
“We are not happy with
the fact that he came very
late to the hospital and
the fact that when he
came, his press crew
attempted to take
photograph and video
record of Dr. Ilo, who is
our national welfare
secretary. We stopped
them because that was
the height of insensitivity.
“Somebody that could not
provide us with an
ambulance cannot be said
to be caring. We had to
call UNIBEN for an
ambulance that took Ilo to
the UNIBEN Teaching
Hospital while our
colleagues from the
Federal University, Lokoja,
with the assistance of the
vice-chancellor, gave us
the ambulance that was
used to convey the
remains of Prof. Iyayi to
Benin.”
Governor Wada latter left
the hospital in shame.
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