The Chairmanship election of the Nigerian Medical Association, Enugu State branch, turned into a free-for-all, following weeks of terse statements by warring factions.

Some members of the association were seen in a viral video displaying despicable acts unbecoming of medical professionals

In the video election materials were destroyed and scattered everywhere in the scene. There were also some with a bloodied face.

some sustained injuries while trying to escape from the hired thugs led by a fraction of the members, others including the NMA chairman in the state, Dr Ike Okwesili were thoroughly beaten.

Dr. Nwaneki took to his Twitter handle to express his displeasure. He wrote.

“The chairmanship election of the Nigerian Medical Association #NMA Enugu state branch turned violent as doctors were involved in activities unbecoming of the noble profession.

“This goes to show that the association is no longer about the common interest of the Nigerian doctors.

Trouble had started by the alleged insistence of some resident doctors drawn from the Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUT), Parklane, to participate in the exercise against rules barring them from doing so by their failure to update their membership financially.

The Okwesili led executive was said to have insisted that the rules must be followed in the election. The affected members were said to have regrouped when the election had gone midway and began to destroy things with their hired thugs.

It could be recalled that members of the same group had a few weeks ago, announced that they had suspended the NMA chairman over alleged constitutional breaches.

TNL; reports