Posted on: Thu 29-09-2016

Unknown gunmen yesterday abducted two nurses Mr. Awaji-Owa Ntendeng Hebron and Mrs Nwikina Felicia who were under the employment  Erama General Hospital in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local government area of Rivers State.

A source from Era general hospital said Mrs Nwikina who was brutalized alongside her colleague escaped from the hands of the gunmen while seriously bleeding. 

The source said Nwikina was able to escape into the forest away from the hands of her kidnappers because they treated her with kid gloves and did not properly secure her compared to her colleague. 

Narrating how the gunmen abducted the two nurses, Mr. Obi Gentle Welly the General Secretary, National Association Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), who works in the hospital where the incident took place said the gunmen broke into the hospital compound and abducted the two nurses while descending on them with their guns and machetes.

Welly said: “About 1:30 am yesterday, a group of armed men numbering about eight broke into the compound of Erama General Hospital. The first thing they said was where is the money. And the next thing they forced the two nurses out and made away with them.

“Not only that, they also made away with some of our phones, money, laptops and other valuable, that was after beating the two nurses.  We want to thank God that Mrs. Nwikima escaped from the forest where she was taken to. We are also pleading and praying for the return of the other nurse."

“The gunmen have contacted us demanding for N5million, as a group our hearts are in serious pains as we do not know the state of our abducted colleague. The entire nurses in Erama General Hospital and ONELGA unit of NANNM are weeping helplessly and calling for the immediate release of our colleague.”

He however added that the remaining nurse in captivity like other nurses who were engaged the same year with him have not been paid by the State government for more than three years due to issues relating to their employment letters.

He called on his abductors to unconditionally free the victim considering his financial status.

When contacted the Rivers State Police Public Relations, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, said the police is yet to get the detail of the kidnap issue.

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