The former chairman of
the Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr. Philip
Ugbodaga, a matron at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH),
Mrs. Anne Usman and an health worker,
Mr. Sunny Omo- Alasa, who were abducted
last week by suspected kidnappers at Ekwe community in Isu local council area
of Imo State, have been rescued by a crack team of policemen led by state
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu.
The trio were among the
18 medical personnel that moved from Lagos to undertake a free medical mission
organized by the Dr. Mamudu Dako’s Foundation before they were kidnapped.
The free medical
outreach slated for October 17 to 19 was partially disrupted when the abductors
carted away about 300 eye glasses and hepatitis and tetanus injections, among
others items meant for the patients.
The Nation gathered
that the police commissioner and some officers of the force anti- kidnapping unit, slept in the
bush, in a location around Mbaitoli local council area of the state, for
several nights while on the trail of the
kidnappers until they got close to the area the victims were kept and rescued
them.
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