-Pix above: The bandicts
Daredevil bandits have abducted two nurses and an unspecified number of patients after invading a Primary Healthcare Centre in Kaduna State.
The abductors were said to have invaded the health centre in Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari LGA of the state on Monday morning, September 9, 2024.
A local vigilante, Musa Alhassan, said the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving at about 9:00 am on Monday.
Alhassan said when the gunmen arrived at the school but could not find students, they headed for the healthcare centre which was nearby.
“The bandits came to the school around 9:00am, asking about the students, but when they found out the school was empty, they went to the healthcare centre and started kidnapping people,” he 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.
According to an eyewitness, “the bandits came in healthcare centre wielding guns and machetes. They started dragging people out of the hospital, and we couldn’t do anything to stop them.”
When contacted, Mansir Hassan, Kaduna police spokesperson, said he is unaware of the aduction.“I will get back to you,” he said.
Kaduna is one of the north-west states grappling with gunmen attacks and abductions.
Last Thursday, 15 persons were reportedly kidnapped by gunmen in Mani village, Chikun LGA of the state.
Nursing mothers and children were said to be among the persons taken away.
On March 7, over 200 students and pupils were kidnapped after bandits attacked Government Secondary School Kuriga, Chikun LGA of the state.(agency)///
