The Nationwide Affiliation of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, NANNM, Lagos State Council, has introduced that the person reportedly arrested for injecting the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly often called Mohbad just isn’t a registered nurse.
The affiliation disclosed this in a press assertion signed by the State Secretary, Toba Odumosu and launched at present.
In addition they charged the media to confirm the {qualifications} {and professional} standing of people earlier than labelling them as healthcare professionals.
Additionally, the Lagos State Council of NANNM expressed its condolences to the household of the late singer.
Lagos NANNM calls for justice for Mohbad
It additionally mentioned, “We absolutely help the continued investigation into the circumstances surrounding his demise and urge the related authorities to depart no stone unturned within the pursuit of justice for him.
The council mentioned it’s regrettable that Nigeria’s healthcare system faces important regulatory challenges, resulting in the presence of unqualified people performing medical roles they don’t seem to be educated for.
The assertion reads partially, “We want to make clear that the time period ‘Auxiliary Nurse’ has no place inside Nigeria’s healthcare system or its legal guidelines. A person is both a certified Nurse or an unqualified particular person performing duties past their competence.
“Moreover, we name on the investigating authorities and the media to train warning and accuracy of their reporting throughout this investigation. We won’t tolerate any misrepresentation of Nurses and the Nursing occupation. We demand that every one media retailers that inaccurately reported the arrest of a Nurse take instant corrective motion to rectify their tales.”
What you’ll want to find out about Mohbad’s demise
27-year-old Mohbad died on the twelfth of September, 2023. Just a few days later, Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, mentioned the singer handed away after receiving an injection administered by an auxiliary nurse.
Aloba mentioned, “Based on what I heard from folks, I don’t imagine in that. The one factor I can consider is perhaps this auxiliary nurse that used to deal with folks which is a really unhealthy thought. I have no idea the sort of degree the lady is.
He additional added, “They mentioned they known as her to provide him an injection and that may be a very unhealthy thought and that injection can lead to any size. He had wounds however I have no idea the sort of wounds he had.”
In a current improvement, The Lagos State Police Command revealed that the late singer’s stays have been deposited on the mortuary after the completion of an post-mortem on his physique.