The university teacher who claimed to have
discovered cure for HIV and AIDS, Prof. Maduike
Ezeibe, has petitioned the Senate alleged Federal
Government’s negligence.
Ezeibe, a researcher in veterinary medicine at the
Michael Okpara University, Umudike, Abia, said
that he discovered the cure through his research
conducted over several years.
Presenting the petition on Wednesday, Sen.
Theodore Orji (PDP-Abia) said that the professor
had said that attempts to get Ministry of Health’s
cooperation on the discovery failed.
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“Medical doctors have been coming to him
through the Vice Chancellor to take this drug free
of charge to treat their patients.
“They have been coming back to report to him of
the potency of the drug; that is to say that the
drug is capable of curing people who have AIDS.
“Incidentally the Federal Ministry of Health
petitioned the university that the man did not
follow the ethical process but refused to say
whether the drug is potent or not.
“This professor has made attempt to go to the
National Agency for Food and Drug
Administration and Control and Nigeria Centre for
Disease Control to make his case known but
failed because the ministry blocked him.
Orji said the petition to the senate was to ask it
to look into the case to find out whether he had
done anything wrong by painstakingly working to
help find solution to a dreaded ailment.
In his remarks, the Deputy President of the
Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided at
plenary, asked Orji to lay the petition before the
senate.
It was subsequently referred to the Committee on
Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions with four
weeks deadline to report back.
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