From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Dare devil bandits on Monday invaded a 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 one of the leaders of a local Vigilante group in the area, Musa Alhasssan, the bandits initially targeted a nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving around 9:00am on the fateful day.
However, Alhasssan said that upon finding the school empty, they turned their attention to the healthcare centre, located in the proximity.
“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,” 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.”
Our correspondent noted that the incident was 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.
