Court nullifies ban on Abalaka’s HIV vaccine

A Federal High Court, sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has declared the ban placed by the ex-president Olusegun Obansonjo’s administration on the use of HIV/AIDS vaccine discovered by Dr.Jeremiah Abalaka as illegal, null and void.

Abalaka and his hospital, Medicrest Specialist Hospital Limited, Gwagwalada, had dragged the Federal Government to court seeking a declaration that the July 20, 2000 ban or suspension of the use of HIV vaccine he discovered was illegal, null and void, because it violates his Patent No. RP 13567 dated July 22, 1999.

In a 32-page judgment delivered by Justice Nyako, the court held that the use of the vaccines must be at the discretion of the patient.

“The government lined up experts recently during Ebola outbreak. Everything and everyone that could contribute to the battle was brought on deck and Nigeria was the pride of the world and the people were proud of the government. HIV/AIDS is also related to Ebola as it is equally a death penalty on its victims. This should call for encouragement and not dampening of the spirit of persons who have made efforts to provide a remedy,”

Despite having the case decided in his favour, Abalaka said he had not forgiven Obasanjo for the ban he placed on his vaccine.

He said: “For me, I think it is a matter of basis; you can forgive someone or ignore what the person has done. Obasanjo has not apologised to me; how does forgiveness for him come up? Even if you believe in God as I do, we confess our sins to God before God forgives us. God is Almighty; even when we do wrong, we go to God and seek forgiveness."

“Obasanjo has not apologized to me in anyway; so for me, the issue of forgiveness for Obasanjo is premature and out of place. I can ignore all he has done and that is the only option available to me."

Abalaka also narrated to the court how he took blood from an infected person to treat and injected it to his body which after 3months tested negative to the virus. He also claimed that he had treated some infected patients with their consent and some came back testing negative after treatment.

Culled from ...DailyPost