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The solution to kidnapping seems to
have eluded security agencies in Benin as another medical doctor, Osaro
Osifo, was on Monday night kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his residence
along Nekpen-nekpen Street, Benin City.

The kidnapped doctor is attached to the Dentistry department of the Central Hospital, Benin City.

Reports have it that the family has been contacted and a million naira ransom demanded.

However, members of the Edo State
chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) are warming up to
embark on a strike if the doctor is not released by today.

State chairman of NMA, Osahon
Enabulele, who confirmed the kidnapping, said the family members are
looking for the ransom fee, as the kidnappers have threatened to kill
their victim if the ransom was not paid as at last night.

“We will stop out-patient services and
only attend to patients already admitted and emergency cases, until our
colleague is released alive unconditionally,” he said.

Meanwhile, residents of Clifford Eweka
Street of Airport Road in Benin City, woke up last week Thursday to
discover a decomposing body of a young man believed to be in his late
twenties in an uncompleted building along the street.

The residents, who still live in fear
following several attacks by unidentified gun men around its environs,
said their attention was drawn to the corpse by some youths in the area
who play football behind the uncompleted building.

Killed youth

The victim, according to a youth in the
area, was seriously battered by those who murdered him. The source said
the death of the young man must be connected with the recent clashes
between two rival cult groups (Eyee confraternity and Blackaxe) in
Benin City who were fightihg for supremacy.

Residents in the area said they no
longer sleep with two eyes closed, owing to several gunshots that are
fired at night. The state police public relations officer, Peter Ogboi,
said the command was yet to be informed about the incident and promised
to contact the nearest police station for adequate investigations.

“We call on residents in the area to always alert the police
whenever they notice any strange movement in their area,” Mr. Ogboi
said.