Brigadier General John Agim
Brigadier General John Agim DDI
Captain Zakari Sani Receives Adequate Medical;
Attention- DHQ
There is an information making round about Captain Zakari Sani
which I wish to put in proper perspective.
Captain Zakari Sani, a very courageous and hardworking officer,
was ambushed alongside other soldiers in Benue State while on
operation WHIRL STROKE. The officer was badly wounded and was
evacuated to Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi
where he was initially stabilised and later evacuated to Ceda Crest
Hospital in Abuja for higher management outside of the operations
theatre.
Ceda Crest Hospital is one of the best hospitals in the country
as at today. The team of doctors and other medical staff including
expatriate are attending to the officer whose situation though
serious is getting better by the day. He has undergone several
medical procedures which have helped to stabilised him further. The
Chief of Defence Staff has placed Medical Surveillance on the
officer for eventual medical evacuation outside the country.
It should be noted that foreign medical evacuation is a process
that is done with the advice of the medical doctor that is
administering the stabilization treatment. Otherwise the intended
objective may not be achieved when the patient is evacuated abroad.
The Nigerian Military takes care of the medical needs of her
personnel, including her retired colleagues. As necessary, various
cases are sent on Medevac, especially those personnel wounded in
active service.
Information given about Captain Zakari may be intended to ensure
he gets the best of medical attention, but the narrative is not
true. If Captain Zakari had been hurriedly taken out of the country
without the stabilization treatment, according to the medical
advice, the outcome may not be certain.
The general public is hereby informed that Captain Zakari Sani’s
treatment is consciously administered for his best interest. He is
to undergo some medical procedures after which, he will be stable
for any other treatment abroad as necessary. Nigerian military
takes the heath of its personnel seriously and would do anything to
sustain the health and vitality of all, in order to be fit to
defend the territorial integrity of our great nation.
JOHN AGIM
Brigadier General
Acting Director Defence Information