Ondo NMA alleges foul play in chairman’s death

Ondo NMA alleges foul play in chairman’s death

The Nigeria Medi­cal Association (NMA), Ondo State Chapter, has said it would resist any attempt to sweep the case of Dr. David Akin­tayo Oguntuase, who was found dead in his private clinic in Akure, on Christ­mas day, under the carpet.

The Association, through its state chair­man, Bamidele Betiku, made the disclosure on Monday, in Akure while addressing journalists on its position over the death of their late colleague.

Betiku, flanked by other executive members of the association, said there was foul play in the death of the deceased.

He disclosed that an ex­amination of the scene of the fire incident by mem­bers of the revealed that the late Oguntuase was gruesomely murdered.

“The body was dis­membered on the upper and lower limbs and the area of the silhouette was still somewhat wet and one of the small bones of the foot was found on the floor.

“The room where the body was had the burglary of its window destroyed. There was two empty gas cylinders which were in­tact. We were also reliably informed that there was no power supply through­out the night of the inci­dent and the generator was intact,” he said.

The State NMA chair­man also noted that the police report on the inci­dent contradicted the po­sitions of neighbors who rushed into hospital for a rescue bid.

“The Press Release by the Police Public Rela­tions Officer (PPRO) of the Ondo State Command narrowed the incident to electricity surge even when the neighbours confirmed that there was no electricity supply at the time of the incident. This indeed is very suspi­cious. One could have ex­pected the police to have conducted a preliminary investigation before the PPRO issues a statement on the cause of the death of the deceased.”

Source: Daily Times