JUST-IN: Bandits abduct Nurses, patients at Kaduna PHC

Bandits have abducted two nurses and several patients from a Primary Health Care Centre in Kuyello, located in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Musa Alhassan, a local vigilante, reported that the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School but later shifted their focus to the health centre.

The abduction occurred around 9:00 am on Monday, causing panic within the community.

” When the bandits found the school empty, they turned their attention to the healthcare centre, located nearby. 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,” he said.

“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 said.

“The bandits came in 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 Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesman was yet to react to inquiries on the incident.