Bandits Abduct Nurses, Patients In Kaduna Hospital

Gunmen suspected to be bandits in their large numbers have kidnapped two nurses and unspecified number of patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, eastern part of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.

The hoodlums were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, at 9:00 am on Monday. However, upon finding the school empty, they stormed the closest health centre.

According to a leader of a local vigilante group in the area, Musa Alhassan, 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.

He said, “The bandits came to the school around 9:00 am, asking about the students, but when they found out the school was empty, they went to the healthcare centre and started kidnapping people. The exact number of patients kidnapped is still unknown.”

An eyewitness further disclosed that the bandits came into the healthcare centre wielding guns and machetes and dragged people out of the hospital.