Members of the Association of Resident Doctors nationwide resumed work on Monday following a one-week strike to pressure the federal government for the release of two colleagues still held by kidnappers.
Initially, three doctors were abducted, but one was released after a ransom was paid. The remaining victims have been in captivity for eight months, according to reliable sources.
In Ilorin on Monday, the chairman of the association at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital branch, Dr Muhammed Yusuf, said the association is giving the government another three-week ultimatum to resolve the issue.
He said the government pleaded that the strike be called off pending when the victims would be rescued, as the kidnappers could likely raise the stake again if the strike continues.
“The National Executive Council of the association resolved to give the government three weeks again within which to rescue the victims and then know the next line of action if nothing is done,” he said.
The members of the association commenced a one-week strike action last Monday to force the government to rescue the victims.
