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Following the non-release of two medical personnel abducted over a week ago by gunmen, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), in Cross Rivers State has embarked on an indefinite strike.
Chairman of NMA in Cross River, Dr Felix Archibong said the decision was taken at an emergency meeting.
The abductees are Dr Joshua Omini, a staff with the General Hospital in Ugep, in Yakurr local government area and Dr Ekpo Egong of the General Hospital, Calabar.
The incident happened on November 18, 2022, along the Okomita-Uyanga axis of the Calabar Ikom highway.
The road has witnessed increasing numbers of kidnap as well as armed robbery attacks in the last two weeks.