Akunyili Not Dead, Receiving Treatment Abroad–Aide

A representative of the immediate past Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, has vehemently debunked rumours that the woman is dead. The media aide to Akunyili, Isaac Umunna, disclosed in a statement that the reports were not only “baseless, but also the height of wickedness.”

Umunna stated that the former Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, is in India receiving treatment and not dead as being peddled in some quarters.

“I spoke with Dora’s husband, Dr Chike Akunyili, and her brother, Dr Francis Anayo Edemobi, both of whom are with her in the hospital, and they both assured me that she is responding to treatment. The conversation took place from 2:20 this afternoon and lasted for some minutes,” Umunna said in the statement.

“She is grateful to Nigerians for their prayers and remains confident that Almighty God will hear our prayers and grant her quick recovery,” the rep added, while advising the public to “disregard any rumours or reports to the contrary.

“Those engaged in spreading this satanic rumour should desist. What Prof. Akunyili needs at this time is not prophesies of doom or alarming false reports about her health condition but continued prayers and best wishes,” the statement concluded.