Former presidential candidate, Peter Obi on Tuesday visited the victims of the recent drone strike in Tudun Biri village, Igabi LGA, Kaduna State, who were being treated at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in the state capital on Tuesday.
During the visit, the former Anambra governor donated N1 million to about 1,000 hospital staff members treating victims, urging them to use it to buy coke.
He also donated N3 million “to support the effort of the doctors” at the hospital for other expenses.
“I have to make here a personal little contribution of N3 million to support the effort of the doctors. Prof told me they have about 1000 workers in this hospital because they are very critical. You can’t talk about healthcare unless there is the staff and the staff are critical.
“So I will buy them at least a bottle of coke each. I am going to give Prof N1 million to be able to buy the staff – 1000 of them as 1,000 of Cokes will be N1,000,000. So I’m going to make that contribution to him because it’s important.
“And of course, there are other extraordinary things, so I’ll be making a donation of about N5 million,” Obi said in a video of the visit shared by Channels TV.
Recall that the Nigerian Army claimed responsibility for the December 3 incident, calling it an “accidental bombing”.
Obi urged the Federal Government to release budgetary allocations to the military in a timely fashion to assist them in adequately securing the country.
He also demanded an investigation into the incident.