Nigeria: Bauchi NMA Begins Strike Over Doctor's Kidnap

1 March 2011

Bauchi State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, has begun an indefinite strike to protest alleged abduction of a medical officer, identified as Dr. Sambo, of the General Hospital Boto, Tafawa Balewa local government of Bauchi state, by the Special Task Force (STF) in Plateau state.

The association called for immediate release of the medical officer who it said was arrested while attending to a gunshot patient.

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