Nigeria, May 17 -- The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Emem Bassey, has appealed to doctors to suspend their strike and return to work, warning that patients are dying as the crisis triggered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)'s raid on the hospital deepens.

On 12 May, the Nigerian Medical Association in Akwa Ibom State declared an indefinite strike following the incident and announced plans to file a N1 billion lawsuit against the EFCC.

In an emotional statement posted on his Facebook page early Sunday, Mr Bassey described the events of 12 May as "painful and regrettable." He said on that day, the EFCC operatives stormed the hospital attempting to arrest the Deputy Chairman o...