The multi-billion naira Mother-And-Child Hospital in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, continues to be abandoned, to the dismay of locals.
In 2019, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, the immediately preceding Vice President of Nigeria, inaugurated the defunct hospital near Douglas Road, off Emmanuel College Avenue.
The care of children and expectant mothers was purportedly its main focus.
But Friday’s inspections of the building constructed by the late governor Rochas Okorocha revealed that mechanics and criminals had taken control of it.
On the back of the land, weeds, reptiles, and other animals have also taken over.
Residents have gotten irritated by the seeming abandonment of the facility by the Imo State government because it was paid for with tax dollars, a source told SaharaReporters.
The hospital has reportedly being used as a cover for suspected criminals and sex dealers operating in Owerri’s New Market axis, the state capital, according to the source.
Aside from the aluminium equipment, it was claimed that all of the hospital’s valuables had been taken and vandalised by criminals who had turned the rooms into their own lodge.
You’re asking if there are residents here, but the house you’ve seen is more like a room and parlour for men.
They operate from there at night and no one is concerned, not even the state administration, despite the fact that I am aware that the majority of them use hard narcotics.You may visit at night and observe for yourself how they bring girls there for sex, a trader claimed.
