Ethiopian Military Accuses WHO Boss, Ghebreyesus, Of Supporting Tigray Rebels

The WHO boss is of Tigrayan descent and served as Health Minister in a former government coalition led by the TPLF.


Ethiopia’s military has accused Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organisation, of siding with rebels led by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front as the country nears civil war.

The WHO boss is of Tigrayan descent and served as Health Minister in a former government coalition led by the TPLF.


Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Ethiopian Army Chief of Staff, General Birhanu Jula, in a televised address accused Dr Ghebreyesus of supporting and trying to procure arms and diplomatic support for Tigray.

“This man is a member of that group and he has been doing everything to support them,” he said.

A WHO spokesperson said no statement had been made yet by Ghebreyesus on the accusation levelled against him, Reuters report.

Ethiopia is on the brink of civil war as the powerful regional party TPFL battles the central government over a conflict that started from disagreement on COVID-19 restrictions.

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Lawmaker Calls For Urgent Intervention As Strange Disease Kills Over 17 Persons In Benue

Moro, while commiserating with the families of victims, asked the government to send health experts to the community to save the lives of the people.


Lawmaker representing Benue South, Abba Patrick Moro, has called on the Ministry of Health for swift intervention as a 'strange disease' kills 17 people in Ankpa community, with several others currently receiving treatment in the hospitals.

Moro, while commiserating with the families of victims, asked the government to send health experts to the community to save the lives of the people.

He said, "The outbreak of disease and unfortunate deaths in Owukpa came at a time the state government and health experts are battling to contain a similar incident in Otukpa.”

A similar strange sickness broke out in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State with at least 11 persons dead.

Similarly in Delta State, 30 persons died from an unknown disease the state government claimed to be Yellow Fever.

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Ladies Arraigned For Attempting To Kill Oyetola Laugh At Charges, Remanded

Two ladies, Suliyat Tajudeen, 20; and Ayomide Abdulazeez, 20, infuriated Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara of an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo on Wednesday when they burst into laughter while their charges were being read.

Tajudeen and Abdulazeez had been dragged before the court on charges bordering on attempt to kill the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, malicious damage of 17 vehicles in the governor’s convoy, and theft of phones and laptops at a mall in Osogbo.

While in the dock listening to their charges, the defendants, who could no longer hold back, burst into laughter at the point they were accused of attempting to kill the governor.

Their action, however, got the magistrate angry.

Ayilara asked the defendants if they understood the gravity of the charges against them; they immediately adjusted.

The police prosecutor, John Idoko, said the defendants and others yet to be apprehended on October 17, 2020, in Osogbo, conspired and attempted to kill Oyetola by firing gunshots and throwing stones at him.

Idoko also claimed that the defendants damaged 17 vehicles in the governor’s convoy, adding that the defendants, on the same day at Justrite Mall, Osogbo, stole laptops, mobile phones and phone accessories valued at N3,568,000 belonging to one Ashiru Ibrahim Olayemi.

They both pleaded not guilty to the five counts pressed against them.

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