Bandits raid hospital, kidnap nurses, patients.

Bandits yesterday invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients.

According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local vigi­lante group, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving around 9a.m yesterday, reports Daily Independent.

However, he explained that upon finding the school empty, the bandits turned their attention to the healthcare centre, located nearby.

“The bandits came to the school around 9a.m, asking about the students, but when they found out that the school was empty, they went to the health­care centre and started kidnap­ping people,” Alhassan said.

According to him, the bandits, who were seeking to abduct stu­dents, instead took two female nurses and several patients hos­tage, leaving the community in a state of panic.

“The exact number of pa­tients kidnapped is still un­known,” he added.

An eyewitness said that “the bandits came into the healthcare centre, wielding guns and ma­chetes. They started dragging people out of the hospital, and we could not do anything to stop them.”

As of the time of filing this report, neither the Kaduna State Police Command nor the state government officials had con­firmed the incident.