A former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and ex member of House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, has been flown to Lagos for follow up treatment of the surgeries he underwent for the gunshot wounds he sustained on Friday, in his home Ekiti State.
Bamidele and five others were shot during a rally organised for the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
Bamidele, who was hit in the stomach and legs, was immediately taken to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti for prompt emergency medicare.
A statement by his media aide, Mr. Ahmed Salami, said that he was flown to Lagos aboard an air ambulance chopper with the registration number 5N-BSW belonging to Flying Doctors Nigeria, which landed at about 3.05pm at Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti metropolis.
“Though Bamidele’s health has stabilised appreciably, there was the need for him to go for post-surgery treatments to ensure quick convalescence for him to be able to join Dr. Fayemi’s campaign train, of which he has been playing a pivotal role.
“We want to assure our teeming supporters to discountenance the misinformation by rumour peddlers that his health had relapsed.
“Dr. Fayemi and his wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, Aare Afe Babalola, Mr. Segun Oni, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, Dr. Wole Oluleye, Barrister Victor Kolade and several other bigwigs in the APC circle, including ordinary members of the party, were allowed access to him on the sickbed confirming the appreciable level of his stability before being allowed to be taken out of the state.”
Salami said Bamidele was taken to Lagos because of the gross dearth of equipment and personnel at EKSUTH.
“As much as we salute the proficiency and commitments of the doctors in the hospital, let me also add that many of the consultants and equipment used in performing the surgery were hired from other hospitals.
“To forestall a situation whereby we have to rely on bringing equipment that was readily available in other hospitals down to Ekiti to treat him, we decided to shift him to such hospital to fast-track his recuperation.”
