By AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Kaduna
The family of former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has said the health of their son is deteriorating in detention.
The family said he could no longer walk on his own.
In a statement yesterday in Kaduna, the family of the distraught former pension chief expressed fear that Maina may become paralysed, if not given urgent medical attention.
The statement, signed on behalf of the family by Abdullahi Usman, said Maina’s blood pressure, as at Tuesday morning, as measured by the Prison’s medical personnel, read 196/130.
It stressed that despite the emergency the situation demanded, nothing was being done to take him to any equipped medical facility for treatment.
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“Most recent information reaching the family and friends of the former Pensions Funds chief, Abdulrasheed Maina, on his health condition is intimidating and disturbing as it depicts denial of access to treatment as his condition deteriorates by the day.
“Anonymous sources from the Kuje Prison, where he is being detained, say Maina’s blood pressure, as at Tuesday morning, as measured by the Prison’s medical personnel, reads 196/130 but nothing is being done to rush him to any equipped medical facility for treatment.
“More so, the medical personnel have advised the authorities against the dangers of denying him treatment, but the Nigerian Prisons Service management is playing politics with his health. His condition has so deteriorated that he cannot stand or walk on his own…
“They have refused to allow him be kept in their medical facility within the prison, even as their doctor strongly advised that he needs serious medical attention.
“We hereby call on the authorities concerned to stop playing politics with the life of Maina. He should be allowed immediate access to medical facility to receive treatment as provided by law. His condition can be made worse as he is liable to becoming paralysed if urgent action is not taken…”
“We also call on well-meaning Nigerians to intervene on the matter as denying Maina access to good health will jeopardize the unearthing of truth about the allegations labelled against him. We thank all for their support and concern,” the family said.
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