By John Alechenu, ABUJA
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has requested that the Nigeria Police Force conduct an autopsy on Miss Mary Habila, a staff member who died at his residence in Uburu, Ebonyi State, on June 27, 2026.
Umahi, through a letter signed by his lawyers, Roy O. Umahi and Roy D. Umahi, SAN, and made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, urged the police to engage qualified forensic pathologists to establish the actual cause of Habila’s death.
Habila, who worked with the David Umahi Federal University of Medical Sciences, Uburu, was on secondment to the Federal Ministry of Works in Mabushi, Abuja.
According to the letter, she died in a building within the minister’s residence at Umunaga, Uburu, in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
