Ondo: Nurses threatens to withdraw services after abduction of six health workers

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Following the alleged abduction of six health workers by suspected gunmen at a state government primary health centre PHC in Akure, Ondo State, nurses in the state, have threatened to withdraw from night duties.

Recall that the kidnappers, said to be heavily armed, invaded the health centre, located at Okeijebu area in the Akure metropolis around 2:00 a.m. and forcefully abducted six health workers. The bandits rounded up health workers, including interns, who were on night duty, and bundled them into a waiting bus.

Responding to the incident, the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ondo State Council, Comrade Felix Orobode, lamented that armed men invaded government health facility, assaulted staff, robbed them of valuables and whisked some of the health workers away

Orobode, said the attackers stormed the facility at night, “beat staff mercilessly” and stole money and other belongings before whisking some of the health workers away.

“We were told the attackers came in a bus and forced their way into the facility. The staff on duty were beaten and some were taken away.

The union leader said affected staff confirmed they were abandoned by their assailants along Ondo Road after the attack.

“When we spoke with the victims, they said they were dropped around Olokuta Prison along Ondo Road. That is what we reliably gathered.

“This account aligns with information from security sources, including local operatives, who indicated that the victims were not formally rescued but later found after being abandoned by the attackers along the same route. Vanguard