Benue Police Say Doctor Reported Abducted While Treating Patients In Makurdi Was Arrested By FID Operatives | Sahara Reporters
The doctor was earlier reported to have been abducted around 9pm on Wednesday while attending to patients at his hospital along Ankpa Road, Makurdi.
The Benue State Police Command has said the Chief Medical Director of Multicare Hospital, Makurdi, Dr Jonah Ogbaji, who was earlier reported to have been abducted, was arrested by operatives of the Force Intelligence Department in Abuja.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Peter Aondongu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday morning.
Aondongu said Ogbaji was arrested by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad attached to the Force Intelligence Department, Abuja, in connection with an ongoing investigation.
The doctor was earlier reported to have been abducted around 9pm on Wednesday while attending to patients at his hospital along Ankpa Road, Makurdi.
Following the report, his daughter, who identified herself as Patience, told journalists that her father had been abducted and appealed for his safe return.
She also said Ogbaji had twice served as an ex-officio member of the Peoples Democratic Party in the North-Central zone.
However, the police later dismissed the abduction report as a “false alarm”, saying the doctor had been arrested.
The police spokesperson said, “The Command has received enquiries regarding reports of the alleged abduction of a medical doctor and owner of a hospital in Makurdi.
“Upon verification, the report is false. The doctor was not abducted. He was arrested yesterday at his hospital by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad (STS) attached to the Force Intelligence Department (FID), Abuja, in connection with an ongoing investigation.”
Aondongu said the specific circumstances surrounding the investigation were not yet known to the state command.
The police advised residents to disregard reports of the alleged abduction or kidnapping of the doctor.