Management of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, (KWASUTH), Ilorin, has instituted legal action through a petition to the Commissioner of Police Kwara State, leading to the arraignment of two individuals at the Magistrate Court for allegedly assaulting medical personnel while they were carrying out their lawful duties at the hospital.
Chief Medical Director, of the facility, Bola Ahmed Abdulkadir, disclosed this while speaking with journalists in his office in Ilorin.
According to him, the action taken by the hospital management was aimed at addressing the growing incidents of assault on healthcare workers and to serve as a deterrent to others.
The suspects, Abdulsalam Hamzat and Adetunji Victoria, were alleged to have assaulted medical personnel while they were discharging their official responsibilities within the hospital premises.
He explained that the suspects were arraigned before a Magistrate Court presided over by M. G. Olujide.
The court, however, granted them bail following an oral application by their counsel, Toyin Mohammed Onaolapo, who argued that the alleged offences were not capital in nature and are therefore bailable under the relevant provisions of the law.
Dr Abdulkadir, stated that the court admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of ₦100,000 each. In addition, each of them is required to provide two reliable adult sureties residing within the court’s jurisdiction and to submit affidavits of means.
He further revealed that the court directed the defendants to write formal letters of apology to the complainants through the Chief Medical Director of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital, as well as submit written undertakings pledging that such conduct would not reoccur.
The Chief Medical Director reaffirmed the government’s commitment to pursuing the matter diligently to its logical conclusion, noting that sustained prosecution would help curb the rising cases of assault on healthcare workers.
The case has been adjourned to the 22nd of next month for further hearing, according to a statement by Yakub Kamaldeen Aliagan, Head, Corporate Affairs, of the facility.
Two suspects arraigned for alleged assault of doctors in Kwara
