{"id":113906,"date":"2024-08-15T21:14:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113906"},"modified":"2024-08-15T21:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:14:58","slug":"kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1807483281562088659\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, a doctor who was kidnapped seven months ago in Kaduna, is still in captivity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPopoola, a medical practitioner at National Eye Care Kaduna, was abducted along with her husband and visiting nephew when bandits raided the staff quarters of the hospital, on December 27, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, doctors addressed the media after holding a peaceful protest at the National Eye Care Kaduna premises.<\/p>\n<p>They warned that if the abducted doctor is not rescued, they will be forced to undertake nationwide industrial action.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Okpanaki, President of the National Eye Centre Kaduna branch, led the protest and urged security agencies to intensify efforts to rescue the breastfeeding doctor and her nephew.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the victim\u2019s husband was released due to deteriorating health condition.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Okpanaki expressed concern for Dr. Popoola\u2019s deteriorating health, emphasizing, \u201cIf she is not released unconditionally, we, the National Association of Resident Doctors, will have no choice but to embark on an industrial action, as our safety cannot be guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked the management of the National Eye Care Centre for taking measures to protect the staff quarters from further attacks and for supporting efforts to secure the release of the abducted doctor and her nephew.<\/p>\n<p>In her remarks, Acting Chief Medical Director Aminatu Abdulrahman noted that many medical practitioners are leaving Nigeria due to safety concern and poor welfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who choose to stay deserve not only physical safety but also health security and good welfare. Public health officers are the hope of the majority of Nigerians and should be protected,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She urged security agencies and other stakeholders involved to intensify their efforts to rescue the abducted doctor, highlighting that the prolonged abduction of the victims is unacceptable for a country with Nigeria\u2019s military strength.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, a doctor who was kidnapped seven months ago in Kaduna, is still in captivity. Popoola, a medical practitioner at National Eye Care Kaduna, was abducted along with&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, a doctor who was kidnapped seven months ago in Kaduna, is still in captivity. Popoola, a medical practitioner at National Eye Care Kaduna, was abducted along with&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-15T20:14:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"652\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"435\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-15T20:14:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\",\"name\":\"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-15T20:14:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg\",\"width\":652,\"height\":435},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action - Pointblank News","og_description":"Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, a doctor who was kidnapped seven months ago in Kaduna, is still in captivity. Popoola, a medical practitioner at National Eye Care Kaduna, was abducted along with&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2024-08-15T20:14:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":652,"height":435,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action","datePublished":"2024-08-15T20:14:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/"},"wordCount":313,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/","name":"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-15T20:14:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Doctorsthethoscope.jpg","width":652,"height":435},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kaduna-abducted-female-doctor-still-in-captivity-after-7-months-as-colleagues-plan-nationwide-industrial-action\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kaduna: Abducted Female Doctor Still In Captivity After 7 Months, as colleagues plan nationwide industrial action"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}