Medical laboratory scientists in Ebonyi State have staged a peaceful protest over the brutal murder of their colleague, Casimir Ani, in Abakaliki.
Ani, a medical laboratory staff of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital (AEFUTHA) was hacked to death by unknown assailants along Ojeawere street area in Abakaliki city centre on Friday night, June 10.
The scientists on Tuesday, June 14, trooped en masse and marched to the Police headquarters, Abakaliki to register their fears and solicit the security agency’s unrelenting efforts toward unraveling the murderers and bringing them to book.
The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Death of Casimir is one death, too many”, “Government must wake up to their responsibility of protecting lives”, and “Scientist Casmir is a father, husband, son, justice must be given to his family and associates”, “We demand culprits to be brought to book”, “these senseless killings must stop”, among others.
Presenting their mission to the Police Commissioner, the Publicity Secretary of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN), Ebonyi State Chapter, Obiefuna Okeke, explained that the death of Casimir has put fears in their hearts.
In a letter signed by the association’s State Chairman, Clement Alobu, and the Secretary, Godwin Nwibo, submitted to the Police Commissioner entitled “A Demand for Justice”, dated June 14, the association wrote:
“It is with deep emotional pain and bleeding hearts that we, the members of the above-named association, write to inform your office of the gruesome murder of Mr. Casmir Afamefuna Ani who was our member and professional colleague, on the night of Friday, June 10, 2022, around Ojeowere/ Brackenbury street area.
"With this ugly development, we no longer feel safe to even do our jobs since one of us could be mowed down so easily without any intervention by the law enforcement agents or even the state vigilante outfit (alias Ebube Agu).”
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