Bandits Attack Kaduna Hospital, Kidnap Nurses, Patients, Others
Some bandits have invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Eastern part of 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 9:00am on Monday, September 9, 2024.
He explained that upon finding the school empty, they turned their attention to the healthcare centre, located in close proximity.
“The bandits came to the school around 9am, 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,” added.
According to an eyewitness, “The bandits came into the healthcare centre wielding guns and machetes. They started dragging people out of the hospital, and we couldn’t do anything to stop them.”
THE WHISTLER reports that the incident is the latest in a series of attacks by bandits in the state, highlighting the need for increased security measures to protect communities and healthcare facilities.
As of the time of filing this report, neither the Kaduna State Police Command nor state government officials had confirmed the incident.
Despite attempts to reach the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, via phone and text message, no response was received.
Bandits Attack Kaduna Hospital, Kidnap Nurses, Patients, Others is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
