Eyo Ekpe: How EFCC Operatives Stormed University Of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Arrested Me
Eyo Ekpe, a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH), has narrated how operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly stormed his office, dragged him out and arrested him.
Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Ekpe, who is also the deputy chairman of the hospital’s medical advisory committee, said the incident occurred while he was processing a response to an EFCC inquiry over a medical report linked to a suspect facing trial.
He said the anti-graft agency had requested verification of the report, prompting him to review the document alongside the head of the hospital’s internal medicine department.
