BREAKING: Bandits Invade Health Centre, Kidnap Nurses, Patients

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No fewer than two nurses and an unspecified number of patients have been kidnapped as bandits invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday morning by 9am.....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE

According to Musa Alhassan, one of the leaders of a local Vigilante group, told PUNCH that the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School.

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However, he explained that upon finding the school empty, the bandits turned their attention to the healthcare centre, located nearby.

He said, “The bandits came to the school around 9 am, asking about the students, but when they found out that the school was empty, they went to the healthcare centre and started kidnapping people.”

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He added that 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.

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“The exact number of patients kidnapped is still unknown,” he added.

An eyewitness told PUNCH 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.”

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As of the time of filing this report, neither the Kaduna State Police Command nor the state government officials had confirmed the incident.

When contacted by our correspondent, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, didn’t respond to phone calls and a text message to his mobile number as of the time of filing this report.

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