Gunmen suspected to be cultists have invaded the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), killing a doctor identified as Dr. Alex in the physiotherapy department in the tertiary health facility.
The gunmen, it was gathered, stormed the hospital on Friday, leaving the said physiotherapist dead while patients and other health workers scampered for safety.
The development caused some health workers to protest the gruesome killing of their colleague inside the hospital facility.
The health workers were seen in a viral video protesting and displaying various placards to register their displeasure over the incident at the hospital.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO), UBTH, Joshua Uwaila, confirmed the killing, saying that the authority of the hospital has reported the matter to the security agencies and are awaiting the outcome of their findings.
He said:” A physiotherapist with the University of Benin Teaching Hospital was shot dead on Friday and we are still waiting for the police investigation on the incident”.
Meanwhile, at least two members of the vigilantes group, whose identity could not be ascertained were on Tuesday crushed to death by an articulated truck on the busy Ugbowo-Lagos road by the University of Benin (UNIBEN) axis.
The cause of the accident could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
However, eyewitnesses said the accident occurred about 12 noon on Tuesday when the two vigilantes who were riding on a motorbike were hit by a truck, and their heads crushed beyond recognition.
An eyewitness who craved anonymous said the two vigilantes died on the spot and disclosed that their remains have been taken to an undisclosed mortuary.
