Doctors have reportedly extracted a whopping 16 bullets from the body of a lawyer after a failed assassination on him.
Three bullets are said to still be lodged in undisclosed parts of his body.
This was made known by Alex Onyia, the Chief Executive Officer of Educare – an online learning platform, who narrated how his friend, Kene Nnadi, narrowly escaped death.
Onyia shared the news via his verified X handle @winexviv late Tuesday.
Tweeting as @winexviv, Onyia said some assailants wanted to kill his friend but they didn’t succeed.
He had tweeted: 16 extra bullets removed from his body and 3 remaining. They wanted to kill my friend Kene but God said no. All hospitals rejected him and were asking for police report before treatment him.
We managed to get one that attended to him until we flew him to London. Today, we thank God.
Meanwhile, findings revealed that the victim, with full name, Fredrick Kenechi Nnadi, is a lawyer and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party who contested as a candidate for the Enugu North Constituency in the Enugu State House of Assembly in 2018.
In 2022, Nnadi, again, contested for the Enugu North and South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
It may be recalled that in late October 2023, the Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, ordered the compulsory treatment of gunshot victims without police report.
This was in line with the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Victims of Gunshot Act 2017, according to Egbetokun.
Various reactions have since trailed the tweet. Some condemned the hospitals that reportedly refused to treat the man:
Their first instinct should be to treat the victim , shouldn’t the mantra of health care be save a life at all cost? In the course of treatment, they call a cop, who perhaps cuffs the person until they’re conscious or awake to proof their case. They just outright lying reject…
— 🅗🅨🅓🅡🅐⬆️ (@Benedic20t) May 15, 2024
Vehicular accident and almight Gbagada General Hospital rejected me. In fact, Gbagada was the second hospital before LUTH but thank God a young doctor decided to give me first aid under the stairs of A&E LUTH. Imagine treating an accident victim like a corpse. We thank God.
— Babaolowo Rolihlahla Madiba 🇳🇬 (@enyola) May 14, 2024
Some respondents note that the Law already orders hospitals not to reject gunshot victims:
But the IGP have issued order that bullet Emergency patients/victims be received and treated FIRST before processing police report.
— ÌFÈADỊ́GÓ (@Dozzy_Dozzy22) May 14, 2024
It’s so sad that Nigerians are a reflection of everything they criticize, the 8th Senate under the leadership of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki passed the gunshot victim and related injuries bill which compelled hospitals and health workers to attend to gunshot victims and commence… pic.twitter.com/pitPkVxGlp
— Mohd Bashir Abdulyekeen (@Abdyekeen_Bash) May 15, 2024
Others express surprise that the man could survive such attack:
19 bullets and he’s still alive ? He’s a lucky man.
— Airdrop global (Storm) (@Airdropglobal5) May 14, 2024
It’s pellet not bullet 20 bullets he won’t survive it’s pellets from cathridge
— Broke (@staybroke5) May 15, 2024
That’s one very lucky man
— Olúwatósìn Olaseinde (@tosinolaseinde) May 14, 2024
