The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, has petitioned the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to rescue Kaduna-based Dr Ganiyat Popoola, who was kidnapped last December
Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abductedalong with her husband, Nurudeen Popool, who is a Squadron leader, and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy, who stays with them.
After several negotiations with the kidnappers, the husband was released on March EIGHT TWENTY TWENTY FOUR, but the doctor and Abdul-Mugniy were not released.
It was also gathered that since the incident, the abductors had called severally at will and occasionally to allow some family members to speak with the captives,