Some bandits invaded the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients.
According to one of the leaders of a local Vigilante group, Musa Alhassan, the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving around 9 am on Monday.
However, he explained that upon finding the school empty, the bandits turned their attention to the healthcare centre, located nearby.
“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,” Alhassan 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.
A witness said 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.”
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.
