The medical practitioner who alerted the public on the controversial abortion law in Imo State, Dr. Phillip Njemanze, has dragged the state government to court over plans to revoke his property.
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Confirming this development to Vanguard in a telephone interview, Monday, Dr. Njemanze said he wanted the court to redress the alleged injustice perpetrated against him by government, as well as pronounce the revocation of his property null, void and of no effect.
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While saying that he had a valid certificate of occupancy, Njemanze also explained that the threatened property was validly and lawfully acquired before the present administration came on board.
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The consultant neurosurgeon, who doubles as Chairman, Association of Catholic Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, ACMPN, said: "The threatened piece of land is for the construction of a multi- billion Naira state of the art medical facility.
The bottomline of the whole thing is abortion is something that must stop all around Africa and the whole wide world! It is very terrible....