A visually-impaired human rights activist and the Executive Director, Disability Rights Protection Initiative, Chikwado Chukwu, has called for a comprehensive investigation into the death of a physiotherapist, Mary Habila, in the Uburu residence of the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi.
Habila, said to be Umahi’s personal physiotherapist, was said to have died in mysterious circumstances, which left many questions than answers.
A statement released on Saturday by Francis Nweze, the minister’s Senior Special Assistant, confirmed Habila’s death.
According to the statement, Habila and Miss Anita Baski, said to be employees of the David Umahi Federal University of Health Sciences, Uburu, Ebonyi State, have been on secondment in the Federal Ministry of Works as physiotherapists for the past three years.
The statement said Umahi called for an autopsy to ascertain the cause of Habila’s death, adding that the deceased’s family refused to allow the autopsy.
