The Benue State Police Command has clarified that the Chief Medical Director of Multicare Hospital, Makurdi, Dr Jonah Ogbaji, was arrested and not abducted.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Peter Aondongu, said Ogbaji was arrested at his hospital by operatives of the Special Tactical Squad attached to the Force Intelligence Department, Abuja.
The clarification followed reports on social media that the medical doctor had been abducted around 9pm on Wednesday while attending to patients at his hospital along Ankpa Road, Makurdi.
According to the PPRO, the arrest was connected to an ongoing investigation, although the specific circumstances surrounding the investigation were not immediately known to the Benue State Command.
Aondongu described the reports of abduction as false and urged residents to disregard reports that Ogbaji had been kidnapped.
The development had earlier caused concern among the doctor’s family after his daughter reportedly said her father had been abducted and appealed for his safe return.
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