Former Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Professor Eugene Okpere, was in the early hours of Thursday left of the hook after spending four days with his abductors.
Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) , Dr. Philip Ugbodaga, who said no ransom was paid for his release, however vowed that his association would continue its protest against incessant kidnap of doctors in the state until there are concrete assurances for their security.
But in a protest march on Thursday to Edo Government House, medical doctors in their hundreds, said government has not done enough to combat crime, especially kidnapping, in the state.
They were received by Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. John Ejale, and a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) in the Economic Management Team of the governor, Taiwo Akerele.
They told the protesting doctors that the state government was doing all it could to stem the rising wave of crimes but that its actions were limited by the fact that security agencies are under the direct control of the Federal Government.
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