Rivers State chapters of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), on Monday, staged a peaceful protest in Port Harcourt, the state capital, over the incessant kidnapping of medical doctors in the state.
This was as they threatened to embarked on more drastic and far-reaching actions should the security agencies fail to do anything to arrest the situation.
The protesting doctors, many of whom had been in hiding since 2012 when they became targets of abductors in the state, were seen in large numbers demanding an end to kidnappings.
The protesting medical doctors, carrying placards with various inscriptions, called for the arrest of criminal elements who saw kidnapping as a way of life.
They marched to the Police Headquarters along Moscow Road and spoke with the Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, telling him that 21 of their colleagues had so far been kidnapped since 2015.
They also disclosed that 11 of them were kidnapped in the last 25 days and that one of them died in captivity while others were still nursing injuries.
Chairman of Rivers NMA, Dr Furo Green, said it was worrisome that security agents were yet to arrest or arraign any person for involvement in the kidnap of medical doctors.
"In the last 12 months, 21 doctors were kidnapped in Rivers State, 15 of those doctors live and work in Rivers State, while six doctors work in neighbouring states. They just came to Port Harcourt to work.
"We are not aware that anybody or any group of persons has been arrested or prosecuted or has been convicted in relation to the kidnap of these doctors by any security organisation," he said.
SOURCE: NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
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