Crime
Doctor stabbed to death a day after graduation
A medical doctor with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Dr. Stephen Urueye, was on Thursday night stabbed to death right in front of LUTH gate by unknown assailants.
His death which came a day after graduation sparked off a wave of protest by medical students and doctors from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.
Students and doctors of LUTH are demanding for justice for Urueye who graduated on Wednesday, as they chanted, “We want justice for Stephen, we need more security.”
Colleagues and friends of Urueye have mourned his demise on Twitter and blamed the killing on the incompetence of those meant to supposedly protect doctors.
Mourning the deceased, Deji, a colleague lamented: “It’s a shocker that he used to stay on my floor two years ago, it’s really a big shock, condolences to everyone that knew and loved him and I wish his family comfort and peace.”
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