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.
