The Assistant Director at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Christian Ekanem, who was abducted 11 days ago by gunmen, has regained freedom.
Ekanem whose abduction caused the indefinite strike by the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, in Cross River State, was released by her abductors Saturday night around the Marina Beachbin Calabar South Local Government Area of the state.
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In a statement by the NMA signed by its State Chairman, Dr. Agam Ayuk, quoted Dr. Ekanem to have said “I thank God Almighty that I came back alive. I am really coming from another world as I didn’t know I would come back to my family”.
“I was beaten to a pulp, there was this day I almost died because of the beating but God was with me. I thank all who prayed for me”
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, said no ransom was paid as the police with other security agencies worked tirelessly to secure her release.
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Ugbo said the issue of kidnapping will soon be a thing of the past in Cross River State with the new strategy being put in place by the Command under Police Commissioner Nkereuwem Akpan.
Medical doctors in Cross River State had embarked on an indefinite strike to protest against the incessant kidnapping of their colleagues and their relatives and promised not to resume until Ekanem is released unconstitutionally.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
