Nurses of the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri have staged a protest against the kidnap of one of their colleagues, Mrs. Ursula Ohiagu, who has been held captive for over four months now.

Ohiagu was abducted by a four-man gang at the Aladinma Housing Estate in Owerri on her way home from work.

The protest came on the heels of a similar protest by students of Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU) over the perennial power outage in their hostels.

However, while the nurses numbering about 40 were allowed to air their grievances, the students were barred from carrying out their planned demonstration by security men attached to the campus.

Acting under the aegis of “Federal Health Institutions of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (FMC), Owerri, chapter” the nurses, with placards bearing such inscriptions as “we are no longer safe”, government do something now,” “release our nurse now or” “…Imo is no longer safe for nurses”, “no security, no work and FMC nurses are not happy” urged the state government to immediately swing into action and ensure the unconditional release of Ohiagu.

Addressing the aggrieved nurses who later bared their minds through Mrs. Augustina Nwandikom, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Shell Camp, Owerri, Mrs. Mary Obasi, assured them that the case had been handed over to the Anti-kidnap squad for necessary action.

Obasi said that the Commissioner for Police was interested in the matter and was doing everything possible to get Ohiagu off the hook of the hoodlums, even as she advised them to return to their homes quietly and watch the police react.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2013/04/nurses-protest-kidnap-of-colleague-in-owerri/

Did I see four months?? This must be another Afghanistan state in Nigeria..

The Nurses failed to provide necessary or additional information to the public to understand the present status of their colleague as in telling us if she is still held hostage while ransom is been demanded or if they suspect she has been assassinated

Ngwakwe: The Nurses failed to provide necessary or additional information to the public to understand the present status of their colleague as in telling us if she is still held hostage while ransom is been demanded or if they suspect she has been assassinated

How do you expect the Nurses to have all these details, are they the governor or the security apparatus? This is a sheer in-depth misrule and cluelessness on the part of the governor.

aiyofa:


How do you expect the Nurses to have all these details, are they the governor or the security apparatus? This is a sheer in-depth misrule and cluelessness on the part of the governor.

I'm beginning to notice a pattern being employed by disgruntled elements in Imo. Very soon, the masses might be forced to take mass action against enemies of progress. Sponsoring protests and disrupting public peace won't revert things to the old ways. I'm happy Rochas is now under eagle eye watch and if he attempts to steal or misbehave, he has already waiting tigers that will capitalize on his weakness. Imo State democracy dey sweet pass sugar cane.