Rights Violation: Alliance Hospital, NAPTIP Disagree over Public Hearing

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Alliance Hospital Group in Abuja has described as misleading, the interpretation given by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on the outcome of the House of Representatives Committee Hearing on the petition brought before it by the Managing Director Dr. Chris Otabor.

The hospital had filed a petition against NAPTIP for violating  the fundamental human rights of Otabor and other staff of the hospital following allegations unprofessional handling of the organ transplant involving the hospital.

In a statement by the Media Consultant to Alliance Hospital, Dada Joseph, he said the last proceeding was meant for the Director General of NAPTIP, Dr Fatima Waziri, to appear before it based on the summon issued against her following the petition on  fundamental human rights violation and abuse of her office filed by the hospital.

Joseph described the account of the Committee’s Public Hearing presented by NAPTIP as  “misleading and laced with inaccuracies”.

According to him,  the chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions Hon. Emeka Etaba berated the NAPTIP DG during the sitting and ordered her to appear on the 18th of April 2024.

“But knowing well that the committee will not spare her for allegedly violating the rights of the MD of Alliance Hospital, the DG quickly rushed to file a suit against him before the FCT high court on March 18th , 2024 barely 11 days after her summon,” It added.

Alliance hospital further said that NAPTIP DG  was scolded for the action taken by her office regarding the allegation of infringement of the fundamental rights of innocent citizens

The hospital said NAPTIP DG was absent at the last Thursday ‘s resumed Public Hearing and that she sent her employee to inform the committee that the agency has instituted the matter before an FCT high court.

“The chairman of the committee who is a law abiding citizen, and who also holds the sanctity of the constitution ruled that since the matter is before the court, it will be Sub judice for the committee to continue proceeding on the petition,” it said.