SAN FRANCISCO, November 23, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi chapter, has appealed to security agencies and the state government to rescue Dr Azubuike Iheanacho, its member abducted on Nov. 21 in Anyigba.
The association in a statement on Monday in Lokoja, said Iheanacho, the Medical Director of Peace Hospital, Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of the state, was abducted by unknown gunmen.
The association said that the yet-to-be-identified gunmen stormed the doctor’s residence between 9.00p.m and 9.30p.m. last Saturday night.
The doctor was said to have been abducted in front of his house while returning from an outing in a vehicle with his wife and a friend.
The NMA added that the gunmen ordered the victim’s wife and his friend out of the car and zoomed off with him to an unknown destination.
It said it had reported the incident to security agencies and the state government