The Association of Resident Doctors of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, has demanded the release of their colleague Dr Ganiyat Popoola, as well as the 20 medical students from the University of Jos and Maiduguri who were abducted on Thursday along the Otukpa-Otukpo-Enugu Road in Benue State.
The doctors led by their President, Dr Olusola Monehin made the demand during a peaceful protest held within the hospital premises on Monday. The protesters were seen with banners and placards with inscriptions reading, 'FG must help bring back Dr Ganiyat Popoola, 'We demand the release of Dr Popoola now', ''The security agencies should help free Dr Popoola', among others.
reports that while her husband was released in March, the doctor and her nephew remained in the possession of their kidnappers. Dr Monehin, while urging the appropriate authorities to act fast, stressed that the country’s insecurity challenge is worsening. 'Here is a woman contributing her quota to qualitative health care delivery in the country, serving people with all her passion and over seven months after her abduction, we have not seen her return together with her nephew.
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