{"id":96286,"date":"2022-06-23T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=96286"},"modified":"2022-06-23T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T14:26:11","slug":"abia-govt-pledges-n5m-for-information-on-kidnapped-medical-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/abia-govt-pledges-n5m-for-information-on-kidnapped-medical-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia Govt pledges N5m for information on kidnapped medical doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the non release of the kidnapped ex Chief Medical Director of the Abia State Teaching Hospital(ABSUTH), Aba, Dr. Uwadinachi Iweha,\u00a0 the state government has offered N5 million reward to anyone who can volunteer useful information that could lead to his rescue.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iweha, who was kidnapped on Sunday, 6th June 2022, at about 4 pm in front of his residence, at Umuopara in Umuahia South LGA, is yet to be freed by his abductors.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">A friend of the abducted medical doctor told Pointblanknews.com that the kidnappers contacted his family demanding ransom which was paid. However, the medical doctor was yet to be released, heightening fears about his safety.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, had\u00a0 last week, went on strike over Iweha\u2019s abduction. The doctors said they would no longer provide health services since their safety is no guaranteed and urged the State government\u00a0 to\u00a0 to secure Iweha\u2019s release.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement signed by the Secretary to the Abia State Government, Mr. Chris Ezem, the government said it is deploying all necessary measures and resources to ensure the release of the medical doctor.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cGovernment is offering a handsome reward of the sum of N5 million to anyone or group with useful information that will lead to the rescue of Prof. Iweha from his abductors and the arrest of the abductors. Government will continue to discharge its responsibility of securing the lives and properties of all residents of the state,.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government tasked residents to be security conscious and report any movements to the security agencies.<\/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>Following the non release of the kidnapped ex Chief Medical Director of the Abia State Teaching Hospital(ABSUTH), Aba, Dr. Uwadinachi Iweha,\u00a0 the state government has offered N5 million reward to&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":96287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96286","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 - 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