Unknown gunmen have abducted a medical doctor and a staff nurse on Wednesday night in Ogun State.
The health workers were reported to have been kidnapped along the Abeokuta-Imeko Expressway.
Reports say the development has caused a stir in the state secretariat of the Nigerian Medical Association.
The victims were identified as Head of Imeko General Hospital, Dr. Oladunni Odetola and the nurse, Mrs. Bamgbose.
Their abductors were said to have waylaid the two while they were travelling in a Toyota Camry with registration number KTU 584 FR along the Abeokuta-Imeko road.
The vehicle was said to have been abandoned at the scene of the incident and had been recovered by the police.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident.
He said police detectives are already on the trail of the kidnappers in order to rescue the victims.
The identity card of the doctor and the minutes of the Nigerian Medical Association meeting were recovered from the vehicle.
The State NMA Chairman, Dr. Oladayo Ogunlaja, also confirmed the kidnap of the medical personnel.
Ogunlaja said: “Yes, it is true. But we have allowed the security operatives to do their job. We don’t want anything to jeopardise the process.”
