The Rivers State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), has threatened to withdraw its services if the two medical doctors currently in the hands of kidnappers in the state are not released soon.
Dr Ib Aprioku, a consultant with the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH), Port Harcourt, was kidnapped on Sunday, January 10, 2016, while Dr Isaac Opurum, the director in charge of Community Health Services in the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, was kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday from his residence in the state capital.
NMA chairman in the state, Dr Furo Green, who issued the threat in a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, said doctors are now scared to leave their homes due to the activities of kidnappers in the state.
The permanent secretary, Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, Dr Agiri Harry, who confirmed the abduction of Opurum, urged all those holding Opurum to release him unconditionally.
Harry, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the Press Officer, Ministry of Health, Paul Bazia, said the entire board is shocked by the action of the kidnappers.
Meanwhile, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association in Rivers State government hospitals, has condemned the abduction of one of their own, Aprioku.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, the public relations officer (PRO) of the association, Dr Amadi Dan-Jumbo said they are demanding the immediate and unconditional release of the abducted medical doctor.
Dr Ib Aprioku, a consultant with the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH), Port Harcourt, was kidnapped on Sunday, January 10, 2016, while Dr Isaac Opurum, the director in charge of Community Health Services in the Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, was kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday from his residence in the state capital.
NMA chairman in the state, Dr Furo Green, who issued the threat in a chat with newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, said doctors are now scared to leave their homes due to the activities of kidnappers in the state.
The permanent secretary, Rivers State Primary Health Care Management Board, Dr Agiri Harry, who confirmed the abduction of Opurum, urged all those holding Opurum to release him unconditionally.
Harry, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the Press Officer, Ministry of Health, Paul Bazia, said the entire board is shocked by the action of the kidnappers.
Meanwhile, the Medical and Dental Consultants Association in Rivers State government hospitals, has condemned the abduction of one of their own, Aprioku.
Speaking to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, the public relations officer (PRO) of the association, Dr Amadi Dan-Jumbo said they are demanding the immediate and unconditional release of the abducted medical doctor.
No comments:
Post a Comment