A virsually impaired man, Mr. Babatunde Kareem, on Monday fell into a drainage in front of Department of Establishment at Ondo State Secretariat, Alagbaka, Akure.
The news was disclosed in a statement released from the Nigeria Association of the Blind and signed by Comrades Akilo Ojo Matthew and Nasirudeen Oladele.
The statement said the victim fell into the open drainage after alighting from a motorbike and sustained serious injuries.
He was said to have been pierced by some spikes of rod in the drainage which pierced his uterus and urethra.
Babatunde is currently undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the state capital, Akure, and would need to go through some surgeries.
According to the statement made available to newsmen, the association has called on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to come to the rescue of the victim.
It read: “A visually impaired youth named Mr. Babatunde Kareem has suffered a life-threatening injury on Monday 22nd of May 2023 while about entering into the establishment office at Alagbaka Akure.
“Mr. Babatunde after alighting from the bike fell into the uncovered gutter at the front of the establishment office.
The worst part of it is that the gutter contains some rods which injured him in his uterus and Utrera which resulting internal bleeding and since then has been hospitalized.
“The first hospital he was rushed to rejected him due to the severity of the injury and advised that he should be taken to the federal medical centre Owo before another private hospital accepted to rescued him because the bleeding was getting out of hands.
“A surgical operation has been done on him to stop the bleeding and the Doctor said another surgical operation would still be carried out.
“This is a clarion call to the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to come to the rescue of Mr. Babatunde Kareem’s life and call for the construction of culvert on all the frontage of public offices most especially deep gutters and one with metals to fall stall future occurrence of such.
“The sector that left the gutter uncovered in-spite knowing it could be a death trap should not be left unquestioned because this action of theirs does not meet up with the best global practices.
Mr. Babatunde needs urgent attention to bring him back to normalcy and good health condition.”
They call on all meaning Nigerians, philanthropist s and Ondo government in particular to safe Babatunde from the life threatening injuries he sustained from the accident.
ACCT name : Kareem B.B
ACC no 0111176420 Union Bank.
