Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has expressed deep concern over the abduction of Tochukwu Mbanugo, a consultant neurosurgeon with the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi, Anambra State.

According to a statement signed by Iziaq Salako on Sunday, Mr Mbanugo was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Thursday, 30 October 2025, around the Omatha Junction in Uruagu, Nnewi, while returning home after a long day in the operating theatre.

Earlier that day, the ministry noted, the neurosurgeon had performed several complex surgical procedures, including the resection of a brain tumour, saving the lives of critically ill patients.

"His abduction occurred at the very point where he should have b...