MEDICAL doctors in Cross River State have withdrawn their services until further notice in solidarity with one of their colleagues, who was abducted last week.
Dr Ekanem Ephraim was kidnapped from her residence in Calabar by armed men who pretended to be patients on Thursday.
The doctors announced the strike in a communiqué issued after their emergency general meeting on Sunday in Calabar.
Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association – NMA, in Cross River, Dr Felix Archibong, confirmed the development.
“This withdrawal of medical service will involve all hospitals in the state both federal, state, private and Mission,” the state chapter of the NMA said.
“The State government should activate all necessary instruments at its disposal to ensure the timely and unconditional release of our member in the hands of her abductors.”