The Senior Registrar in the Department of Paediatrics,
University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Emem Udoh, has been abducted by unknown
gunmen on Monday, while on duty in Calabar, Cross River State.
This
came barely two days after another medical practitioner with the Cross
River State College of Education Medical Centre in the Akamkpa LGA, Dr.
Usang Ekanem, was released following his abduction on December 26, 2017.
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There are indications that members of the state chapter of the
Nigeria Medical Association may embark on an indefinite strike starting
from Wednesday (today) in protest against the incessant abduction of
their colleagues. .
The Public Relations Officer of the state
branch of NMA, Dr. Ernest Ochang, said, “This is to inform the general
public, particularly those resident in Cross River State that another
medical doctor was kidnapped on January 8, 2018. .
This is coming
after Dr. Usang Ekanem was suddenly released after we threatened a sit
at home action. The young doctor was coming back from an extended duty
of caring for children which is her passion and had to work beyond her
schedule due to the few hands available in her unit. .
We wish to
inform Cross Riverians that this is one too many and a direct affront
on our corporate existence. We took an oath to save lives and that much
we must do. We pay tax and desire to live peacefully in the society. .
This
targeted attack on us is unexplainable. What is more worrisome is the
quietness of government whose responsibility is to provide security for
its citizens. It is our collective resolve to call government to act
through whatever means that is at our disposal.”