BY CHIDI NKWOPARA
OWERRI—Irked by the kidnap and subsequent death of the Medical Director of Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Dr. Moses Amako, staff of the establishment yesterday embarked on a peaceful march to the State House of Assembly, Owerri, to express their anger.

The health workers, who were part of the protest march, included doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, equally walked through some streets of Owerri municipality.

Expressing their grievance over the death of Dr. Amako to the lawmakers, leader of the group, Sir Anthony Nkwocha, lamented that their boss was shot, kidnapped, kept in the custody of his captors for days, collected a huge ransom before being released.

Nkwocha equally grieved over the abduction of yet another senior colleague, Dr. Greg Onunwa, stressing that health workers in the state were not covered by the Health Insurance Scheme.

Addressing the protesters, the Deputy Speaker, Mr. Donatus Ozoemena, said the state government remained unrelenting in its efforts towards creating a crime-free state.

He was particularly worried that Igbos now take delight in abducting their brothers and sisters for ransom and passionately appealed to royal fathers and community leaders to understand that these criminals live in their domains.