Protesting doctors demand release of abducted colleague, 20 UNIJOS students

The Association of Resident Doctors of Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, during a peaceful protest around the hospital on Monday, demanded the release of their colleague, one of their members, Ganiyat Popoola, who was abducted late December last year in Kaduna State.

The doctors also demanded the freedom of the 20 medical students of the University of Jos and Maiduguri abducted along Otukpa-Otukpo-Enugu Road, Benue State on Thursday.

The ARD members led by by their President, Olusola Monehin walked around the hospital while chanting for the unconditional and safe return of Dr Popoola and her nephew over seven months after their abduction.

Popoola was said to be a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, before her abduction alongside her husband and nephew seven-year-old nephew.

But while her husband was released in March, the doctor and her nephew have continued to languish away in the custody of their kidnappers.

The doctors, during the protest, carried banners and placards bearing various messages such as “FG must help bring back Dr Ganiyat Popoola’’, “We demand the release of Dr Popoola now”, and ”The security agencies should help free Dr Popoola”, among others to drive home their demand.