Confab Delegate Slumps

A member of the National Conference,
Abdulmumuni Abubakar, slumped after the
afternoon session and was admitted at a hospital
in Abuja on Tuesday.

The Deputy Chairman of the Conference, Prof.
Bolaji Akinyemi, confirmed the incident during
Wednesday’s plenary.
Abubakar, a retired Deputy Inspector General of
Police, is a Federal Government delegate.

Akinyemi, who urged delegates to pray for his
quick recovery, said Abubakar was calm and
responding to treatment as at the time he made
the information known to delegates.
"A member of our community who actually
spoke yesterday in the afternoon session, DIG
retired A.M Abubakar, slumped and collapsed
after our session.

"He has been admitted in the hospital.

"He has been visited, not only by members of
the secretariat but also by some of the delegates
who belong to the community of the retired
police officers.

"He is under treatment and I understand that he
is stable, so they simply want us to inform the
house of this development. Please include him in
your prayers,” he said.
Some delegates, however, observed that the
clinic was not adequately equipped to take care
of delegates.

They complained that the ambulance that
conveyed Abubakar to the hospital did not have
oxygen, essential medical equipment that should
be in an ambulance.
The conference chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi,
acknowledged the observations made by
delegates and thanked them for their
contribution.

He said: "Thank you very much, it is noted.’’