Bankole Taiwo The Association of Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, on Monday held a peaceful protest on the hospital premises to demand the release of their colleague, Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was abducted on December 27, 2023 in Kaduna State. The doctors also demanded the freedom of the 20 medical students of the University of Jos, Plateau State and Maiduguri, Borno State abducted along Otukpa-Otukpo-Enugu Road, Benue State last Thursday. The ARD members led by their President, Olusola Monehin, walked around the hospital chanting for the unconditional and safe return of Popoola and her nephew who were abducted over seven months ago.
Popoola was said to be a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna, before her abduction alongside her husband and seven-year-old nephew. But while her husband was released in March, the doctor and her nephew have continued to languish in the custody of their kidnappers. The doctors, during the protest, carried banners and placards bearing various messages such as “FG must help bring back Dr Ganiyat Popoola’’, “We demand the release of Dr Popoola now”, and ”The security agencies should help free Dr Popoola,” among others to drive home their demand.
Monehin said, “All we are saying is that the Federal Government should deploy all the resources at their disposal to set free Dr Ganiyat Popoola. This is a mother of five for God’s sake. She .