Expdonaloaded News; Ex-EKSUTH’s CMD, Adegun, wife kidnapped in Ekiti

Barely a week after a nurse working with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti , Mrs. Margaret Aladenika, was abducted by unknown gunmen, and a yet-to -be identified Ido man shot dead, former Chief Medi­cal Director of the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital , Dr. Patrick Adegun was on Thursday’s evening ab­ducted .

Adegun was kidnapped at 8.00pm alongside his wife , Mrs. Kikelomo Adegun and taken to an unknown destina­tion.
They were kidnapped few metres from the gate of their house, at Goshen Avenue, Oke Ila, Ado Ekiti capital city.
A source at the hospital confided to newsmen that none of the family has been contacted by the kidnap­pers and that their where­abouts still unknown as at the time of filing this report .
The source further said, that the medical practitio­ner had earlier attended a wake keep at Nova Primary School, GRA in Ado Ekiti and left the place in his Toy­ota Avensis car before calling at his wife’s shop to take her home.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com
“On getting home, they saw that the gate had been blocked with another car. And as they were making ef­forts to call the driver to or­der, they were rough handled and cramped into the car and drove away speedily .
“Though, they didn’t take the victim’s car away. Immediately, we called the police and the SSS and they have started making contacts to ascertain their location”, he said.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria in Ekiti, Dr Olusola Aduloju, who lamented the insecurity in the health sec­tor, has ordered members to withdraw their services until Adegun is found.
“We are taking this step so that the government can pro­vide security for us. We are tired of this situation and we have ordered our men in
EKSUTH to withdraw their services until our mem­ber and his wife are found.”
When contacted , the Commissioner of Police of the Ekiti State Police Com­mand, Mr Joshua Ibine, con­firmed it.
The Special Assistant to the Governor on Informa­tion, Mr. Lanre Ogunsuyi, has appealed to the doctors to shelve the plan to suspend work until Adegun is found, saying such step won’t be in the interest of the state, par­ticularly for those with criti­cal ailments.