PHOTOS(RIP)...SEE THE DOCTORS THAT HAD ACCIDENT

The NMA President, Dr. Kayode OBEMBE and members of the National Officers’ Committee (NOC), the Chairman, LOC Dr. Abdulgafar Jimoh and Sokoto State NMA members, while on our journey from Tangaza and Sokoto on free medical mission, received the sad news of accident that involved the Ekiti State NMA delegates.

The news had it that Ekiti State NMA Bus had an accident on Abuja Kaduna highway and recorded some fatalities, the number of which is yet to be confirmed.

We hereby express our profound shock, condolences and commiserations on this dastardly event.

As of now, we are informed that Kaduna State NMA has dispatched a team of doctors to handle the situation while we await further information.

We pray that the souls of our colleagues lost in this accident rest in perfect peace. We also pray for quick recovery of the survivors.

Further development will be communicated later.
Chei.....Six medical doctors and one driver from Ekiti state on Sunday lost their lives in an accident involving a 13-passenger bus a few kilometres to Kaduna.

The six doctors, according to a statement by the Special Assistant to the governor on Public Communication and New Media were Dr Aladesanmi of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ido-Ekiti; Dr Ojo Taiwo of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH); NMA Secretary, Dr Akinyele Lexy; Dr Ogunseye of the Health Management Board (HMB); EKSUTH Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) President, Dr Olajide, Dr Adeniyi James of the FMC and a driver, Mr Ajibola.

The governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, who had declared a three-day mourning, to mourn the deceased, described the incident "as the lowest point in the history of the state and a monumental loss" to the people of the state and Nigeria.

The governor had also declared that all flags should be flown at half-mast from  Monday to Wednesday.

The governor urged families, friends and professional colleagues of the deceased, especially members of the NMA to take solace in God who "giveth and taketh when it pleases Him."

RIP...Dr Alex Akinyele (pictured), was one of the six doctors killed in an autocrash along the Kaduna expressway on Sunday April 24th. Alex was the state's Nigerian Medical Association NMA Secretary at the Federal Teaching Hospital ( FTH) Ido Ekiti. He died alongside 5 other doctors and a driver. They were going to Sokoto state to attend the NMA Annual ‎General Meeting when the car they were traveling got involved in an accident. May his soul rest in peace, amen.