Court Legalises Abalaka's HIV Vaccine, 16 Years After

Federal High Court
*Abalaka: judgement an end to my humiliation, conspiracy‬
‪Paul Obi in Abuja‬
‪In a landmark judgement, 16 years after the federal
government officially banned the use of HIV vaccines
discovered by Dr Jeremiah Abalaka, a Federal High Court
sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, has declared the ban illegal
and inconsequential.‬
‪In a 32 page judgement delivered by Hon. Justice Binta
Nyako,  the court held that given the dreaded nature of HIV/
AIDS,  it is incumbent on government to encourage health
experts with scientific claims to the discovery of vaccines or
cure, as opposed to discouraging them.‬
‪The court argued that the National Agency for Food and
Drug Control Administration (NAFDAC) as the 3rd defendant,
though vested with the responsibility of registering drugs and
vaccines and has the powers to ban such, lacked the facility to
test Abalaka's HIV vaccine, and as such failed to provide a
convincing order to warrant the ban of the said vaccine.‬
‪It was observed that the support recently given to health
experts by the federal government in the fight against Ebola
ought to follow suit with HIV/AIDS considering the impact the
virus has on its patients.‬
‪Abalaka alongside 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. RP13567 dated July 22 1999.‬
‪The President, Attorney-General of the Federation and
National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and
Control were defendants in the case.‬
‪Abalaka told the court that he took a blood sample from an
infected person, treated it and re-inject it into the person.‬
‪The surgeon had also informed the court that he has
treated infected persons with their consent and quite a few
have reverted to negative.‬
‪He said even though he had informed the agencies in the
Ministry of Health of his major breakthrough and sought their
collaboration, they vehemently opposed his discovery with
concrete verification.‬