Ebola "Cure": Nigerian Professor Might Face Prosecution
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and
Control (NAFDAC) threatened on September 16 to arrest the Nigerian
professor who claimed that vegetable Ewedu could cure Ebola.
It would be recalled that about a week ago Adebukola
Ositelu, professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Lagos (UNILAG)
and consultant at the Lagos University Hospital (LUTH), said that the native vegetable Ewedu might be used both to prevent and treat the deadly virus.
Reacting to the claims, NAFDAC described them as unverified and threatened the scholar with legal proceedings, Vanguard reports.
Paul Orhii, Director General of the body said such statements by health representatives could mislead people during the hard period of Ebola outrage.
Although there is currently no active case of infection recorded in the country, Orhii lamented that the Nigerians have been badly traumatized in the recent period in connection with the virus outrage.
Ewedu (long-fruited vegetable)
Reacting to the claims, NAFDAC described them as unverified and threatened the scholar with legal proceedings, Vanguard reports.
Paul Orhii, Director General of the body said such statements by health representatives could mislead people during the hard period of Ebola outrage.
Although there is currently no active case of infection recorded in the country, Orhii lamented that the Nigerians have been badly traumatized in the recent period in connection with the virus outrage.
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