Abia Women protest detention of medical doctor two months after kidnap

Women of Umuopara clan in Umuahia South Local Government Area of Abia State have protested the continued detention of their son, Prof. Uwadinachi Iweha.

Iweha, a medical doctor was Kidnapped by unknown gunmen in front of his house on Sunday, June 5, 2022, and has not been seen since then.

The continued detention has raised fears about the safety of the popular medical doctor.

The women decried the spate of Kidnapping in the state and urged his abductors to release him.

Speaking at the palace of the traditional ruler of the community ,Eze Godfrey Ibekanwa , the leader of the women, Dame Victory Asomugha, said they were no longer happy that two months after Iweha was abducted, no action had been taken to rescue him from the kidnappers den.

She said; “Our son left his house to worship God, they called him from the church, he went back home and till date we have not seen him. We want him back, is our son we are proud off.

“We are also calling on Government and security agencies to expedient action for his release”.

Wife of the kidnapped doctor, Mrs Ngozi Iweha, said the family was yet to come out of the trauma of the abduction of her husband.

She urged those who kidnapped her husband to consider his age and health condition and release him.

“We are traumatized, this two months is like a hell for all of us. We are pleading with those holding him to release him alive for us and we are also begging the government and security agencies to ensure his release from his abductors.

In his remarks,Eze Ibekanma, disclosed that the elders of the Community were making frantic efforts to ensure the release of the medical doctor.

It will be recalled that medical doctors in the state had embarked on three days strike to express their grievances over the continued detention of the medical doctor.

Iweha’s first son,Chukwudi disclosed that the kidnappers contacted the family a day after the incident and demanded payment of ransom.

He expressed shock that despite payment of the ransom as demanded, the kidnappers were yet to release the medical doctor.