There are unconfirmed reports that the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State is allegedly confused over documents that surfaced online and reported by the Nation’s newspaper online and Daily independent, depicting the health status of its candidate, Engr Wada.

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According to the yet-to-be-verified documents released by the daily independent, Wada was alleged to be admitted at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba in 2005 for alleged delusional with distorted speech.

The report stated that Engr. Wada was allegedly admitted for rehabilitation and medication with the patient number 001364.

The report has that that in the build-up to the 2011 elections in Kogi state, documents emerged on the mental state of Capt. Idris Wada from the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.

The elder Wada’s mental state on admission was allegedly one of the paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations according to his medical record. Till date, no medical record from the UCH has confirmed Idris Wada as a discharged patient of the Psychiatric unit.

In a report published by The Nation newspaper, an affidavit deposed to by Uchechukwu Clement, a lawyer, stated that contrary to claims by Wada on oath under part B, Article E Question 1 “Idris Wada had at a point been adjudged to be of unsound mind”.

• That Idris Ichalla Wada is allegedly an un-discharged psychiatric patient of the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan.
• That Idris Wada was admitted into the psychiatric unit of the UCH Ibadan on 7th April 1976 with Card No. 399346 on referral from Dr V.O. Anosika of Estate Clinic Group for Schizophrenic illness”
• That Idris Wada’s mental state on admission was one of the paranoid delusions and auditory hallucinations according to his medical record.
• That contrary to Idris Wada’s deposition, Dr. Oyewumi of University College Hospital, Ibadan actually diagnosed him of acute psychotic episodes and paranoid psychosis on 7/4/1976.
• That contrary to Idris Wada depositions, Dr. Oyewumi on 24/4/76 at 11:50 a.m actually confirmed that Idris was psychotic.
• That again contrary to Idris Wada deposition, it was again confirmed at 4 p.m of the same 24/4/76 that Idris Wada was grossly psychotic.
• That his father Haleel Ejiga while attempting to remove him from UCH against medical advice actually disclosed a history of mental illness in the family as a niece of Idris Wada also had it in 1972.
• That on 28/4/76, his father, then of upper Area Court, Makurdi, by a letter of discharge against medical advice actually took Idris Wada Hospital No. 399346 away from University College Hospital, Ibadan contrary to the advice of medical staff.
• That Idris Wada did not undergo full treatment for his psychotic disorder from UCH Ibadan before his father removed him against medical advice.
• That he was not diagnosed as having been of reasonable mind before his father removed him.
• That by his father’s letter of 22nd September 1976, Idris Wada was to return for treatment and observation for a period of 6 months from 19th August 1976.
• That there’s no record that Idris Wada went back for treatment at UCH.

In a swift reaction to the surfaced documents, A PDP chieftain in Kogi state who pleaded anonymity stated that the documents were doctored and that there was no time the PDP Guber candidate was admitted to Psychiatric hospital on any grounds od mental illness as purported by the opposition.

But in a separate response to the allegation, Chieftains of PDP in Kogi told selected journalists that they were confused over the new development.

One of them from Kogi East, Abdulai Umoru, said if the documents were true,  the running mate to Musa Wada, Sam Aro, may collude with the Speaker of the Kogi state House of Assembly, Prince Mathew Kolawole, to impeach him on health grounds.

“Thereby depriving the Ighala Kingdom with the governorship seat,” he added.

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