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Gunmen Kidnap Babcock University Nurse After Evening Church Service

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Sep 6, 2024.

Unknown gunmen abducted 66-year-old Mrs. Elizabeth Uruakpa, an Assistant Chief Nursing Officer at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, in Ilisan Remo, Ogun State, on Thursday evening.

Uruakpa was reportedly returning from an evening church service when the attackers ambushed her at the entrance of her home, near the new Ilisan market.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the incident occurred around 7 p.m., causing widespread panic in the neighborhood as residents and business owners quickly secured their properties out of fear.

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A local resident, who spoke to The Punch on condition of anonymity, described the harrowing event: “The woman was coming back from church around 7 p.m. when the gunmen seized her.

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I know her well; she’s a senior nurse at Babcock University Teaching Hospital and a member of Winners’ Chapel. They pulled her out of her vehicle and drove off with her in a red Toyota car. It was like a scene from a nightmare, and such violence has never happened in our neighborhood. It’s both alarming and frightening.”