Omo, make I gist you wetin dey happen for Edo North! Doctors no fit chill again as dem don carry two of their own go kidnap wahala. E be like movie but na real life o! Dem don protest say dem no go gree this matter fly under dem radar.
Dem two doctors wey dem carry come out na Dr. Abu Ibrahim Babatunde and him younger bro, Abu Tahir. Na so dem go close work for January 1, 2026, for night, ready to waka go house for City Pride Road, Igbira Camp when dem yan finish work. Na there kidnappers come waka enter and carry dem go.
Dem kidnappers demand N200 million ransom but e be say dem don kill Abu Tahir, wey just finish him school from Ambrose Alli University. Wetin we go even talk about the brother wey dem still hold? Him don dey inside dem all these wahala, and dem don reduce the ransom to N100 million to free am. Chai, this serious matter dey vex our doctor bros!
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) don come out in full force to protest this matter. Dem hold serious wahala for Auchi, dey shout for government, security agencies, and traditional leaders to come join body make this kidnapping wahala stop. Dr. Ifijeh Patrick, the chairman, no wan gree fall back. Him talk am clear say dem no dey safe again. Dem go save lives for hospital, but wetin about their own lives? Na who go save dem?
“Our life dey at risk. We dey waka go work and dey fear say na there we go meet our end. No be wetin we signed for,” na wetin Ifijeh talk o! Dem pilot for Palace of Otaru of Auchi dey listen and observe how doctors dey shed light on this situation. E be like say dem dey prepare for battle. Dem warning say if dem no see action, all medical services for Edo State fit shutdown after 72 hours deadline!
See e, the Kaduna doctors don vow not to gree rest until their demands come true. Dem dey shout say make the government ensure their colleagues wey don enter kidnap be released without delay. E no go work make dem continue dey fear, cus healthcare delivery don dey suffer. If no security dey, wetin society go gain?
The NMA dey push for not just the immediate release of their people but serious security measures to ensure say hospitals go dey safer for dem and for patients. Dr. Oseghale, the state chairman talk say, “As long as these issues dey, we go dey withhold our services. Make everybody understand say for our minds, our lives dey for high risk.”
Doctors don come together like one family, na only together dem go fit say ‘enough is enough’. We no fit let fear scatter our work, we go stand for one another. Na naija, we sabi carry prominence for healthcare, and we no go gree say wetin don happen make us weak.
This matter don reach ground level, we go dey monitor everything closely. We dey demand for quick actions from the security agencies, and make dem know say we dey watch who dey do what. Edo North must return to safety, medical practitioners should no longer dey live in fear!
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