EFCC operation at teaching hospital disrupts services as patients, health workers flee facility

People at the hospital running for their lives after tergas was shot EFCC operation at teaching hospital disrupts services as patients, health workers flee facility The operation triggered panic at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital as workers fled wards, patients were left unattended and medical services were disrupted following the EFCC's arrest of a senior hospital official. An operation by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) on Tuesday morning caused panic within the federal health facility, disrupted medical services and forced workers to abandon wards amid safety concerns. The operation reportedly led to the arrest of the Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, of the hospital, Eyo Ekpe, a Professor of cardiothoracic surgeon. Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that armed operatives stormed the hospital premises in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in what they described as a “commando-style” operation. According to witnesses, the operatives arrived in two salon cars, a tinted bus, while some of them wore masks, with a few wearing the EFCC insignia.