The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, has disclosed that the rescued school pupils of The Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure currently undergoing medical observation at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti are all in stable medical condition.
Dr. Filani made this known to newsmen at the premises of the hospital after visiting the pupils and teachers.
During the visit on Wednesday, he noted that the pupils would soon be discharged after the outcome of the clinical psychotherapy result they went through.
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He added that the result would determine the next phase of their treatment.
Dr. Filani was joined on the visit by the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Kayode Olabanji, and top officials of the medical facility.
He said: “We will certainly discharge them at the appropriate time.
“They underwent clinical psychotherapy yesterday, but we have to wait for the result to determine the next phase.
“But we expect that they will be discharged sometime this week.”
Olabanji confirmed that the pupils have received all necessary medical attention because the needed specialists expected to attend to them were available.
He stated further that all of them were quite stable, stressing that none of them developed any complication.
It is recalled that the children and their teachers were brought to the hospital for medical attention on the directive of Governor Biodun Oyebanji immediately after they regained freedom from their kidnappers on Sunday morning.