The Incorporated Trustees of the Southern Kaduna Peoples’ United Association, SOKAPU, has instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Kaduna against the Minister of Works, David Umahi, over the death of Mary Habila, a nurse who died while attached to the minister’s medical team.
Mary Habila reportedly died on June 27 at the minister’s residence, an
incident that has continued to attract public attention and calls for a
thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death.
In the suit, SOKAPU also joined Habila Tanko Wisdom, father of the
deceased, the Attorney-General of Ebonyi State, and the Commissioner of Police
in Ebonyi State as respondents.
The association is seeking an order compelling the conduct of an autopsy
on the deceased to establish the cause of death and is also claiming N20
billion in damages against the minister over the alleged loss of life arising
from what it described as a breach of duty of care while the deceased was under
his custody.
The legal action follows earlier developments in which the Ebonyi State
Police Command maintained that an autopsy would be conducted despite reported
opposition from some members of the deceased’s family.
Umahi had also written to the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police
requesting that an autopsy be carried out as part of efforts to determine the
circumstances surrounding the nurse’s death.
The case is expected to test legal questions surrounding duty of care,
accountability, and the determination of the cause of death through judicial
and investigative processes.
No hearing date had been announced at the time of filing this report.
(Saturday Vanguard, excluding headline).
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