Anambra State Deputy Governor Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim has visited in hospital, the personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who survived the April 3 attack by gunmen on its patrol team.
The attack which took place on the Uga-Ezenihite-Igboukwu road in Anambra resulted in the death of two FRSC officers.
Ibezim visited the wounded officer at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH) in Awka.
The DG said he was impressed with the wounded FRSC officer’s speedy recovery.
He described the attack on the officers as unfortunate, directing such incident should never have happened again.
According to the Deputy Governor, the victim has enjoyed the best of medical care admitting that the hospital is doing well.
From the sound of his voice, his spirit is strong and we are hopeful that in no distant time he will go back to work, Dr Ibezim added.
The deputy governor gave financial support to the family of the victim, saying that the Chukwuma Soludo-led government was deeply saddened by the incident.
He pledged that the state government would continue to do all that would bring sustainable peace and security for all.
The Chief Medical Director of COOUTH, Dr Joe Akabuike, said the wounded officer had undergone every necessary surgery and was on the recovery path.
Akabuike said the officer was shot in the intestines and abdomen, but thankfully, he received some care from the referral hospital before coming to COOUTH for corrective surgeries.
He said that the officer had become stable now, after spending over two weeks in the ICU.
In his remark, the Sector Commander, FRSC in Anambra, Adeoye Irelewuyi, thanked the deputy governor for the visit, saying the command was highly encouraged.
Irelewuyi said the command was happy for the support from the state government, adding that the men and officers of the corps were not deterred by the attack
He prayed for complete recovery of the wounded and for the repose of the souls of the two other officers who died in the attack.
The state Commander described the FRSC as an humanitarian job which works for safety on the roads, adding that people should not make them targets of attacks.
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