NMA releases Identity of 6 Ekiti doctors

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has released the identity of the six medical doctors who died in a ghastly motor accident on their way to take part in the 56th annual general conference and delegates meeting in Sokoto.

This was contained in a statement issued at the end of an emergency meeting of the national officers’s committee (NOC) in Sokoto on Monday, April 25. The statement was jointly signed by Kayode Obembe, the NMA president, and Adewunmi Alayaki, the general secretary and made available to NAIJ.com. The  NMA identified the late medical doctors as: 

1. Dr Alex Akinyele – Secretary NMA Ekiti, Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Ido Ekiti 

2. Dr Tunde Aladesanmi – General Surgeon, FTH, Ido Ekiti 

3. Dr OJ Taiwo – Anatomic Pathologist, Ekiti state University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti 

4. Dr Ogunseye JB – National Association of General and Government Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) National Secretary, Hospital Management Board (HMB), Ekiti 

5. Dr Olajide O – Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), EKSUTH President 

6. Dr Atolani Adeniyi – Secretary NAGGMDP, Ekiti state 

7. Mr Ajibola – NMA Ekiti driver Other members of the delegates who survived the accident are in stable condition and are receiving medical attention under the auspices of the Chairman of the Kaduna state NMA and his team.

The health body noted that bereaved families have been contacted and arrangements are in motion to convey the bodies back to Ekiti state. The statement continued: “The NOC has sent its representatives to Kaduna for on the spot assessment and compliment the effort of the Kaduna team. “While the conference continues, the NOC hereby directs that all doctors should observe one week of mourning from Tuesday 26th to Tuesday 3rd of May, 2016. Every doctor should put on black band on the left arm over white overall.

“The NMA is in contact with the bereaved families and burial arrangements will be communicated in due course. “May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace. We pray that the Almighty God gives the bereaved and all our Hippocratic families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.” Meanwhile, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state declared a three days mourning in the state the sad event. He described the incident as a monumental loss to the state and Nigeria at large.