AIG orders manhunt for kidnappers of doctor, former senator

Ini Billie, Uyo

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 6, Usman Gomna has ordered an investigation into the abduction of a medical doctor, Nsidibe Umana and former Senator, Nelson Effiong.

Gomna gave the order on Friday in Uyo during a meeting with security stakeholders in Akwa Ibom State, in response to a request by Dr Ime Udoh, State Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, who raised the alarm over the abduction of the medical doctor.

“Before I came here, I have directed the CP of the command, Andrew Amiengheme, to intensify efforts to see how he can be rescued,” he said.

He emphasized that the zone was committed to tackling crime and criminality and urged stakeholders to continue to cooperate with the police by revealing useful information that could help in checking crime rates in the states.

In his response to the kidnap of the medical doctor, the Akwa Ibom State Police Commissioner, Andrew Amiengheme said a manhunt is already in place to effect the release of the doctor.

“Our men are in the field to ensure the release of that young doctor. Unfortunately, they (abductors) are asking for N20 million and where will the family get that kind of money.

“That is part of the societal problems, and we are asking the stakeholders to quickly expose and not to give them a cover,” he said.

On the abduction of the former senator, the CP said, “We are very much on top of the situation. Care must be taken to protect his life in the first instance.

“We must not do anything that will jeopardise his life, a lot has been done, we are observing some restraints so that he is not killed, and his perpetrators brought to book.”

Senator Nelson Effiong, a former senator who represented Akwa Ibom South Senatorial district in the eighth National Assembly, was abducted on Sunday, September 5, 2021, in his sit-out, along Oron Road, and his abductors have demanded N200 million for his release.

The medical doctor, Nsidibe Umana, was abducted in his compound in Oruk Anam local government area on Tuesday, September 14, 2021.