‘Abducted’ Benue Doctor Turns Up in Police Custody

For a family, the nightmare began with a missing doctor.

Then came an unexpected twist.

Dr Jonah Ogbaji, Medical Director of Multicare Hospital in Makurdi, who was reportedly abducted while attending to patients, has been found in police custody.

The incident reportedly occurred within the hospital premises at Ankpa Quarters in Makurdi on Wednesday night.

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The doctor’s daughter reportedly raised the alarm after he was taken away by people in a Toyota Sienna.

The family then visited several police stations trying to establish his whereabouts.

Now that he has turned up in police custody, the central question changes.

Why was the doctor taken away, by whom and under what authority?

The available report does not yet provide enough information to answer those questions.

Until the police explain the circumstances, describing the case simply as an abduction may be premature.

But the fact that a medical director could disappear from his hospital and leave his family searching police stations is serious enough on its own. More details will be needed to establish what happened. ValidViewNetwork reports.